Vestibular neuropathy
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Has anyone had or been told about vestibular nuropathy? I feel constant unbalanced and it makes me feel sick. I don't know what to do, I've only done physical therapy for like 4 days but I'm wondering if anyone got better without it and took any medication to help it?
Melissa
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Eleftherios S. Papathanasiou, PhD, FEAN
Clinical Neurophysiology
Fellow of the European Academy of Neurology
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I have no idea there were certain kinds? Just like a left side weakness from a virus or something. I then stopped moving, I Kates in bed for 3 months straight and it got even worse. Curious if you know anything about it? I'm so inbalanced and uncomfortable.
Melissa
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Eleftherios S. Papathanasiou, PhD, FEAN
Clinical Neurophysiology
Fellow of the European Academy of Neurology
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I started getting dizzy over a year ago randomly, it would go away in like 4 days, then more recently the last 3 months I've had continuous Imbalance feeling, like swaying or boat feeling. It's horrible. When I'm sleeping and closing my eyes it gets worse. This is continuous. I had virtigo once a couple months ago. Have any idea what I have? I'm so upset over it. I want to get rid of it so badly. I don't know what to do anymore
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Eleftherios S. Papathanasiou, PhD, FEAN
Clinical Neurophysiology
Fellow of the European Academy of Neurology
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I've had a test over a year ago, they put air in my ears, and it made me get dizzy and they said I have a weakness on my left side, but things weren't this bad. It's gotten bad for the last 3 months lately. I got a hearing test, it went down in my right ear and then my hearing went up again. What's a caloric test?
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From your history, I'm assuming that the one vertigo episode that you had a few months ago immediately preceded the continuous feeling that you have now for 3 months. The previous episode was 9 months before this latest one.
I am confused by the difference in results between the audiogram and calorics (air in ears), with emphasis on right and left ear respectively. Did the audiogram show high frequency hearing loss? If it did then it probably is not related to your current problem.
Assuming this, then based on the calorics you do indeed have left peripheral vestibular dysfunction. If so, then 4 days is not long enough for the vestibular rehabilitation. You will need two-three weeks at least to see a difference. You may be experiencing minor relapses of vestibular neuritis (you do not mention auditory or other symptoms). I do not know if this is similar to what your doctors have told you.
Eleftherios S. Papathanasiou, PhD, FEAN
Clinical Neurophysiology
Fellow of the European Academy of Neurology
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