subject: How To Put An End To Your Inner Ear Dizziness [print this page] Inner ear dizziness can affect people of any age, sex and ethnic background. It is among the top complaints that medical doctors see. It is estimated that about 5 million Americans suffer from inner ear dizziness each and every year. And for about 5 percent of these individuals the problems will become chronic in nature lasting more than 3 months. There are a whole range of disorders and problems that can cause dizziness. Equally as many cures or remedies exist for treating vertigo as the causes.
Because so many things can have an effect on our balance, there can be many causes of inner ear dizziness. They can be as innocent as an ear infection and dehydration to more serious causes like a stroke or tumor. The most common cause of inner ear dizziness is called benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, benign positional vertigo or BPPV. The mechanism of this type of vertigo is well known and it has classic symptoms. Although commonly treated with medication the most effective way is not with medication.
The mechanism that causes BPPV or benign positional vertigo is a result of small debris in the inner ear balance organs. The balance organs are small tube like structures filled with a fluid like substance. Occasionally small debris will become loose in the balance organs. With particular movements of the head the debris can interfere with the balance organs and result in incorrect signals being sent to the brain about our balance. Therefore we may feel movement when we are still, which is the feeling of dizziness and vertigo.
When you feel like you are moving but you are not that is described as inner ear dizziness. It is common to feel the room spin or move around you. BPPV is very classically triggered by certain head positions. The most common ones are looking downwards, rolling over in your bed, looking towards the sky and turning the head can result in attacks of vertigo. The attacks of vertigo are short lived in nature, usually less than 10 seconds. Not usually for minutes or hours like other disorders. Nausea can be associated with the attacks but vomiting is not really a common feature.
Drugs are often prescribed to lessen the symptoms. And they usually will. They do this by suppressing the activity of the nervous system so you feel less dizzy and less nausea. But they do little for the cause of the problem, which is the loose particles in the inner ear. So medication really only treats the symptoms and not the cause of the problem. So people are tricking themselves into thinking they are fixed while taking medication. If the root cause of the problem is corrected, then the symptoms will be addressed .
There is good news for inner ear dizziness sufferers. There is a safe and effective solution that does not involve the use of drugs or surgery. This is a medically researched procedure and has been around for more than 10 years. Why it is not more commonly recommended than medication is not really known.
