Vertigo Health Video

Video Transcript

Dr. SUSAN MCGLADERRY: Hello, my name is Dr. Susan McGladdery. I'm the medical director from First Med Centers in Budapest, Hungary. I'm going to talk to you a little bit about problems of vertigo. This is a feeling of dizziness with the sense that you or your surroundings are spinning or moving around. It maybe associated with feelings of loss balance, with nausea, unsteadiness, a feeling woozy, or faint headedness, weakness, fatigue, even difficulty concentrating or blurred vision after quick movements of the head. Vertigo is usually the result of problems with the nerves and structures of the balance mechanism that make up the inner ear or vestibular system. This senses movement and changes in the position. Abnormal rhythmic movements or nystagmus of the eyes almost always accompany problems with vertigo. There are many different causes of vertigo, commonly a condition called benign paroxysmal positional vertigo or BPPV. Also problems of inflammation in the inner ear, a condition called Meniere's disease, more rarely causes problems of vertigo. Also a benign tumor of the acoustic nerve called an acoustic neuroma may rarely be a cause of vertigo. Rapid changes of motion can briefly and transiently caused problems of vertigo. Other causes are rare but can indicate a serious underlying neurological problem, such as a stroke, brain hemorrhage or even multiple sclerosis. The problem of dizziness is that firstly is very unpleasant, but it can also increase your risk of falling and injuring yourself. While you are driving a car or operating machinery, it also increases the risk of accidents so it's a serious symptom that you need to deal with. If you are having a problem of vertigo, you need to work with your doctor to find the right treatment for your condition so that hopefully, you can get your life back to normal again.