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What is the initial treatment for vertigo and dizziness? - ✔✔Treat underlying cause
What refers to debris in the inner ear made up of small crystals of calcium carbonate,
with certain position changes, these crystals shift and disperse within the semicircular
canal, sending false signals to the brain? - ✔✔Otoconia
What are the 2 most common reasons for BPPV? - ✔✔(1) head trauma (2) recent
viral ear infection
What is characterized by a sensation of spinning, whirling, or tilting with movement or
position change? - ✔✔Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo
What can help make a diagnosis of BPPV? - ✔✔Hallpike-Dix maneuver
What is the most common cause of vertigo? - ✔✔Peripheral
What is the least common cause of vertigo? - ✔✔Central
A person with central vertigo may have what? - ✔✔Other signs and symptoms not
related to vertigo
What are other possible causes of vertigo? - ✔✔(1) metabolic (2) drugs
, What is the most common type of vertigo, caused by free floating particular matter
which moves within the semicircular canal with certain head movements? - ✔✔BPPV
What can make BPPV worse? - ✔✔Position changes
What do people with BPPV not normally have? - ✔✔Tinnitus or hearing loss
Who is BPPV more common with? - ✔✔Elderly
What is the diagnostic criteria for meniere's disease? - ✔✔(1) 2 episodes (2) last at
least 20 minutes each (3) accompanied by hearing loss, tinnitus, or aural fullness
How are symptoms in meniere's disease? - ✔✔Unilateral
With Meniere's disease, what will happen with a Weber test? - ✔✔Lateralization to
unaffected with sensorineural hearing loss
With Meniere's disease, what happens with Rinne test? - ✔✔BC and AC are both
reduced but ratio remains the same
What can shorted BPPV recovery time? - ✔✔Vestibular PT
What medication can be used but is not as effective as exercises and do not suppress
acute attacks (Cat B in pregnancy)? - ✔✔Meclizine (Antivert)
How long should a patient take Antivert or antiemetics for vertigo? - ✔✔3 days
(continuing may slow recovery)
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What is the initial treatment for vertigo and dizziness? - ✔✔Treat underlying cause
What refers to debris in the inner ear made up of small crystals of calcium carbonate,
with certain position changes, these crystals shift and disperse within the semicircular
canal, sending false signals to the brain? - ✔✔Otoconia
What are the 2 most common reasons for BPPV? - ✔✔(1) head trauma (2) recent
viral ear infection
What is characterized by a sensation of spinning, whirling, or tilting with movement or
position change? - ✔✔Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo
What can help make a diagnosis of BPPV? - ✔✔Hallpike-Dix maneuver
What is the most common cause of vertigo? - ✔✔Peripheral
What is the least common cause of vertigo? - ✔✔Central
A person with central vertigo may have what? - ✔✔Other signs and symptoms not
related to vertigo
What are other possible causes of vertigo? - ✔✔(1) metabolic (2) drugs
, What is the most common type of vertigo, caused by free floating particular matter
which moves within the semicircular canal with certain head movements? - ✔✔BPPV
What can make BPPV worse? - ✔✔Position changes
What do people with BPPV not normally have? - ✔✔Tinnitus or hearing loss
Who is BPPV more common with? - ✔✔Elderly
What is the diagnostic criteria for meniere's disease? - ✔✔(1) 2 episodes (2) last at
least 20 minutes each (3) accompanied by hearing loss, tinnitus, or aural fullness
How are symptoms in meniere's disease? - ✔✔Unilateral
With Meniere's disease, what will happen with a Weber test? - ✔✔Lateralization to
unaffected with sensorineural hearing loss
With Meniere's disease, what happens with Rinne test? - ✔✔BC and AC are both
reduced but ratio remains the same
What can shorted BPPV recovery time? - ✔✔Vestibular PT
What medication can be used but is not as effective as exercises and do not suppress
acute attacks (Cat B in pregnancy)? - ✔✔Meclizine (Antivert)
How long should a patient take Antivert or antiemetics for vertigo? - ✔✔3 days
(continuing may slow recovery)
