Monday, 29 December 2014

Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV) Causes and Types

Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo is known as a very common reason of vertigo problem. Approx 20% vertigo patients in America are today suffering with this disease because of BPPV. This is proven through which many studies held in USA and you must understand this situation carefully to deal with it in much better way. Whenever you face vertigo problem, you should always prefer to go to an expert doctor so that he can diagnose the issue carefully. It is not an unusual disease, but still some inexperienced doctors make mistake of misjudging it. When you know the detail about how benign paroxysmal positional vertigo occurs, you will be able of dealing with this problem in much better way.   

Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo


Cause of BPPV:

Yet doctors have not reached to any exact conclusion regarding the cause of BPPV. However, doctors understand that main reason behind this problem is related to a blow in head. This blow can be minor or serious, but this is considered as the known cause of this problem. According to some other studies, doctors also consider some minor damages inside the ear as causes of BPPV. After all, vertigo problem is mainly related to patient’s years, so any kind of ear damage can cause this issue. If you are getting ear surgery and any complications occur during the surgery, it may lead to benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) for sure. So it is advised to be careful during ear treatment. 

How BPPV is distinguished?

Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo
BPPV is basically a cause of vertigo problem in people, but it is also described in few different forms. Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo mainly occurs in one side of the ear. Whether it will occur in your left ear or in right ear, but it rarely occurs in both sides of the head. When a patient get BPPV in both side’s ears, it is called bilateral and in this situation patients often face severe problems. So whenever you take support of surgeon to treat this problem, ask him that in which side you have BPPV. Thus you can take care of yourself in much better way.
 
Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo is the main cause behind vertigo problem. The symptoms of this disease are common as vertigo, so there will be no issue of judging it on time. You should first ask doctors to the way of treating this problem and then follow the healing procedure and exercises regularly.

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