Good news and bad news

Hi Pat, Make sure the doctors also check for Meniere's disease. My aunt
suffered from that for many years with very nasty attacks of vertigo, to the
point where she was afraid to go out on her own. You've got one of the best
hearing units in the world down in your part of the world, the House
Institute. Old Dr. House was my aunt's first specialist and later his son
took over. It used to be downtown but later moved to a new, larger facility
in the suburbs.

max

"Paddy's Pig" > wrote in message
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> "Frank ess" > wrote in message
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>
>>> Hang in there Pat,
>>>
>>> Tony
>>
>> It's right, what Tony and all have said. No hurry, no worry,
>> carphoto-wise.
>>
>> Now, about vertigo: my doctor actually said, "Bad news: you got it; Good
>> news: don't worry about a lengthy recovery, since there isn't a cure".
>>
>> The newest versions of Dramamine-like preparations seem to work good when
>> the effects get intense enough to interfere with life as we know (knew)
>> it.
>
> She's gonna be thrilled to death when I tell her that.
>
> Is the stuff you take called Antivert (meclizine 25 MG) Frank? Can it
> make you drowsy and are there warnings on the bottle not to drive a car or
> operate machinery until you know the effects of the medication?
>
> She can't get her ass in gear since she started taking it the other day,
> but she's feeling a bit better when she's awake.
>
> She's never had this before so it came as a shock. The ER guy said it was
> a relatively mild case but it was bad enough. She was nauseated from the
> effect of the room spinning.
> --
> Pat Durkin
>
> email: t o b a c c o h a t e r 1 @ y a h o o . c o m
>

checking for and treating a sinus infection helped me with something like
that too



"Square Wheels" > wrote in message
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> FWIW.
>
> I'd suggest going to and ENT specialist (Ear-Nose-Throat) for an ear check
> first off if it continues.
>
> Any history of mandibular (jaw) problems, like a 'clicking' or pain?
>
>
> SW
>
>
> Medical Treatment
>
> The choice of treatment will depend on the diagnosis.
>
> * Vertigo can be treated with medicine taken by mouth, through
> medicine placed on the skin (a patch), or drugs given through an IV.
>
> * Specific types of vertigo may require additional treatment and
> referral:
>
> o Bacterial infection of the middle ear requires antibiotics.
>
> o For Meniere's disease, in addition to symptomatic treatment,
> people might be placed on a low salt diet and may require
> medication used to increase urine output.
>
> o A hole in the inner ear causing recurrent infection may
> require referral to an ear, nose, and throat (ENT) specialist
> for surgery.
>
> * In addition to the drugs used for benign paroxysmal positional
> vertigo, several physical maneuvers can be used to treat the
> condition.
>
> o Vestibular rehabilitation exercises consist of having the
> patient sit on the edge of a table and lie down to one side
> until the vertigo resolves followed by sitting up and lying down
> on the other side, again until the vertigo ceases. This is
> repeated until the vertigo no longer occurs.
>
> o Particle repositioning maneuver is a treatment based on the
> idea that the condition is caused by displacement of small
> stones in the balance center (vestibular system) of the inner
> ear. The head is repositioned to move the stones to their normal
> position. This maneuver is repeated until the abnormal eye
> movements are no longer visible.
>
>
> Medications
>
> Commonly prescribed medications for vertigo include the following:
>
> * meclizine hydrochloride (Antivert)
>
> * diphenhydramine (Benadryl)
>
> * scopolamine transdermal patch (Transderm-Scop)
>
> * promethazine hydrochloride (Phenergan)
>
> * diazepam (Valium)
>
>
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