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Whiplash why did my vertigo become more severe.

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sky57660
sky57660

I would appreciate any info regarding this. I have suffered from vertigo for 40 years. Three years ago I had a type of whiplash injury (not a car accident) I woke up the morning after unable to move and my vertigo and balance became worse, I was unable to move my neck for months.

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  • Bluesmann
    Bluesmann sky57660

    Posted

    I've read where neck injuries will cause it and realignment helps

  • donna16710
    donna16710 sky57660

    Posted

    Having had a whiplash injury (drunk driver going the wrong way down the highway) I can identify. This was my first introduction to benign positional vertigo, This happens when the crystals inside your cochlea that form on the ends of the hairs lining the cochlea get knocked loose. They now float around in side the cochlea and anytime they brush against those hairs (usually when you turn your head or lay down) it causes vertigo. The injury that happens to all of the ligaments and muscles caused so much discomfort I was wearing a neck collar for 2-3 weeks and kept having a return of pain for months after. I do not know if this injury precipitated the onset of menieres and the episodes of vertigo never entirely went away so I did not recognize until I lost my hearing that something different was happening. So far, I have not found a lot of research on this disease as to causes or even what kind of follow-up routine care that I need to be doing. I will keep looking though.
    • Bluesmann
      Bluesmann donna16710

      Posted

      If you lost your hearing read a lot here and get to an ent they may also do an MRI to rule out other possibilities
    • donna16710
      donna16710 Bluesmann

      Posted

      Thank you for your concern, my hearing did return after I started treatment with a diuretic, although I do not have a baseline to know if it returned completely.
    • sky57660
      sky57660 donna16710

      Posted

      Hi Donna. Yep I was also in a neck brace. I woke up the day after injury unable to stand up. I was in so much pain and spinning out, I couldn't bend even in the slightest for a year.

  • angela84522
    angela84522 sky57660

    Posted

    Those crystals in your inner ear repositioned. You might want to go to a hearing and balance center.
  • eleftherio33095
    eleftherio33095 sky57660

    Posted

    The trauma may have affected the inner ear to some extent.

    Eleftherios S. Papathanasiou, PhD, FEAN

    Clinical Neurophysiologist

    Fellow of the European Academy of Neurology

    • sky57660
      sky57660 eleftherio33095

      Posted

      Hello. Yes my left ear was affected, my hearing became more impaired and I had a feeling of constant pressure, also a numbness tht lasted for months. I was not able to move my neck at all because of the pain which was sickening, and the vertigo was incredible. I have suffered with vertigo most of my life but this injury caused it to worsen so severely.

  • jackie72283
    jackie72283 sky57660

    Posted

    You need to find a good physiotherapist. I used to have vertigo until I had a physiotherapist work on my neck. One treatment, and none since. Been 9 months with no vertigo episode.
    • sky57660
      sky57660 jackie72283

      Posted

      Thank you for your input. I was not able to get to a physio. Can I ask you what it was tht they did?

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