Dizzy? You may have vertigo. Diagnosis and treatments by our ENT doctors can provide relief from symptoms of nausea, vomiting and more.
An ear tube (also called a tympanostomy tube) is frequently used to help children who have chronic ear infections. The procedure can also be helpful for adults, although the surgery is not as common as it is in younger patients.
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Vertigo is more than a mere sense of dizziness. It’s a condition that can make tasks of daily living challenging at best. If you’ve ever had the feeling that the entire room was spinning accompanied by nausea and maybe even vomiting, you may be experiencing vertigo. Vertigo is considered a vestibular disorder. This group of disorders affects the vestibular system which helps your body and brain maintain balance. One-third of Americans 40 and older have some sort of vestibular disorder.
When a television comedian trips over furniture or stumbles across the room, it usually results in a good chuckle. But for many Americans, dizziness and balance problems are not a laughing matter. In fact, these are common signs of vertigo.
Vertigo is a sudden, spinning sensation which causes periods of intense dizziness. One of the most common forms of vertigo is benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV), which occurs when you place your head in certain positions.