Brand-Daroff Exercises

Brand-Daroff Exercises

We’ve talked about maneuvers and exercises that help remedy vertigo symptoms before.The Epley and Semont maneuvers are popular for their efficacy in treating Meniere’s disease. As part of a multi-pronged approach, they are an effective treatment method. Doctors may combine these techniques with medications and other remedies. These exercises can ease symptoms, especially when paired with other medical intervention. A more balanced life is within reach for most patients who do Brand-Daroff excercises.

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A New Solution to Cure Vertigo

A New Solution to Cure Vertigo

You can stand up and remain stable when you walk, run or dance thanks to your inner ears. They have a complex and delicate system. Inside the ear there are sensitive bulbs, fluid-filled coils and minute hairs. Special membranes coat each hair. Each time you move your head, microscopic crystals on the membranes, tug on the hairs. This relays information through the inner ear and on to nerves which send the info to the brain. Because this system is so delicate, many things can go wrong. Viral infections, trauma and chronic conditions like Meniere’s disease can disrupt inner ear balance. When something does go wrong in the inner ear, it can lead to vertigo.

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What you Need to Know About Dizziness and Balance

What you Need to Know About Dizziness and Balance

If it wasn’t for your natural balance system, you wouldn’t be able to move without falling over. A series of signals passing to your brain from your eyes, inner ear, skin and muscles dictate balance.

If you begin to experience sudden loss or balance to dizziness go to see your doctor. You will need emergency medical care if you experience:

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Home Remedies for Vertigo

Home Remedies for Vertigo

It’s not easy living with vertigo. It’s also known as Meniere’s disease, and is the byproduct of poor inner ear balance. Aside from dizziness, there are other symptoms associated with Meniere’s. They include nausea, shaky hands, profuse sweating, eye movement, and a loss of orientation. It’s no easy affliction to live with, and it can cause quite a bit of discomfort among sufferers.

It’s not just an inconvenience, either. Meniere’s can pose a significant risk to one’s well-being and safety. Imagine getting dizzy and losing your bearing while driving, or operating machinery. Episodes, or short bursts of time when symptoms flare up, can last between 20 seconds and four hours. Vertigo can be life-threatening.

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What Triggers Vertigo Attacks?

What Triggers Vertigo Attacks?

One of the toughest aspects of living with any disease or condition is dealing with triggers. Triggers are best explained as cues that lead to the onset of symptoms. In a simplified example, imagine the color yellow as a trigger. In the case of Meniere’s, you could exhibit worsening symptoms of vertigo from it. Triggers are often more complicated than colors, but they can be just as commonplace.

The medical and scientific communities know what triggers vertigo attacks. But only to a degree. Like many illnesses, Meniere’s disease is not one that we know everything about. Though it’s been around a long time, there’s plenty we don’t know about Vertigo.

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10 Surprising Facts About Dizziness and Vertigo

10 Surprising Facts About Dizziness and Vertigo

Dizziness is a common condition among adults. In some cases, it can escalate to vertigo, which is a more severe condition. Vertigo affects almost 40% of people over the age of 40 years, at least once in their lifetime.

Both dizziness and vertigo have a close relationship. Their causes are known, but sometimes these causes can be surprising.

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Take Action Against Vertigo

Take Action Against Vertigo

According to research, 40% of people over age 40 will experience vertigo at least once in their life. This data is a confirmation that more work is needed on how to stop vertigo.

Vertigo occurs when some parts of the ear cannot communicate to the brain. The cause: injuries, ear infections, aging, inflammation, or a blow to the head. However, those working on how to stop vertigo have some remedies. Vertigo medications help in easing the vomiting and nausea while some reduce dizziness. In most cases, physicians identify the condition behind vertigo and advise on treatment. As medicine grapples with how to stop vertigo, some methods have proven successful.

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What is Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo?

What is Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo?

At least 20% of vertigo patients have BPPV (benign paroxysmal positional vertigo). It is one of the most common causes of vertigo in the U.S.

BPPV is an abnormal sensation of motion. It is caused by changes in head position that alter head orientation in relation to gravity. These changes include:

  • Lying down
  • Looking up at a high shelf
  • Getting in or out of bed
  • Tipping your head up or down
  • Sitting up from a lying position
  • Turning over while sleeping
  • Other quick head movements

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Do-it-Yourself Vertigo Treatments

Do-it-Yourself Vertigo Treatments

These do-it-yourself vertigo treatments will help prevent and get you through bouts of dizziness. These tips are so easy, anyone can do them!

Take a Deep Breath

Deep breathing provides the brain with enough oxygen. It also relaxes the nervous system. There are instances where you may feel dizzy because you are not breathing well.

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What Causes Fibroids To Grow? Risk/Protective Factors

What Causes Fibroids To Grow? Risk/Protective Factors

What Causes Fibroids To Grow? Which Risk Factors Might Predispose a Woman To Develop Uterine Fibroid Tumors? Are There Protective Factors That Might Reduce Fibroid Problems?

Researchers are uncertain exactly what causes fibroids to grow. Most medical professionals accept that each tumor develops from one mutant muscle cell in the uterus. This rogue cell experiences rapid multiplication under the influence of hormones, estrogen in particular. In time the aberrant cells then overproduce large amounts of collagen and other proteins.​ More gene mutations exist in fibroid cells that seem to alter the cell’s growth as well. There may be other environmental causes, yet undetermined, that can further stimulate fibroid growth.

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