Vertigo Dizziness Homeopathic Treatment

Vertigo itself is a symptom of another medical condition. The medical conditions that most commonly cause or trigger vertigo are:

Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo or BPPV. This is the most common causative condition of having vertigo as a symptom. In Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo, small crystals break free and float inside the tubes (semicircular canal) present in the internal ear. The patient experience short episodes of vertigo in BPPV. The vertigo attacks in Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo are triggered by the head movements. The exact cause of BPPV is not known; but the doctors predict it to be because of a minor or a severe blow to the head.

Labyrinthitis. Labyrinthitis is a condition in which there is irritation and swelling in the inner ear, which triggers or causes vertigo attack. Labyrinthitis is also known as vestibular neuritis. The occurrence of labyrinthitis is associated with inner ear infection or virus. The vertigo attacks in labyrinthitis are sudden. Along with vertigo, hearing loss is also a common symptom of labyrinthitis.

Meniere’s Disease. Meniere’s disease is a condition in which fluid accumulates in the inner ear and triggers vertigo. The causative factor of this condition can be a viral infection, allergy or a head injury. The vertigo attacks in Meniere’s disease are sudden, severe and last for long. The other symptoms of Meniere’s disease are ringing in ear, hearing loss or plugged ears.

Other Less Common Causes or Triggers of Vertigo Attacks Are:

Otosclerosis. It is an abnormal bone growth in the middle of the ear which can trigger a vertigo attack and can lead to hearing loss.

Cholesteatoma. Irregular skin growth in the middle ear and behind the eardrum is known as cholesteatoma. It develops as a result of frequent ear infection and can trigger a vertigo attack.

Stroke. Bleeding in the brain or a clot present in the brain; or a stroke can lead vertigo and dizziness.

Migraine. People who suffer from a migraine also present with vertigo and dizziness as its symptoms. Anything which triggers migraine also triggers vertigo symptoms.

Pregnancy. Vertigo and dizziness develop during pregnancy because of the hormonal changes, low blood sugar levels, baby pressing the vein, which carries blood to the heart, and pressure on the blood vessels due to the expanding uterus.

Diabetes. Low blood sugar levels can trigger vertigo. Also sometimes the complication from diabetes can lead to hardening of the arteries, which leads to less blood flow to the brain causing vertigo.

Chiari Malformation. It is a congenital condition in which the brain tissue extends to the spinal cord. Chiari Malformation condition can sometimes cause or trigger vertigo.

Multiple Sclerosis. MS is a neurological disease and vertigo and dizziness are experienced by the patients, which is caused due to the growth of the existing lesion or appearance of a new lesion in the brain, which triggers vertigo. The patient often feels lightheaded and loses balance. There is a sensation of objects spinning around.

Anxiety Attacks. Anxiety attacks often cause the patient to experience vertigo. Stress is also a trigger of vertigo.

Medications. Certain medications, such as antidepressants, sedatives, blood pressure medicines, anti-seizure drugs and tranquilizers can also cause or trigger a vertigo attack.

Air Pressure Changes. Most people experience vertigo when there is pressure difference experienced while flying or diving underwater. The name given to such vertigo is alternobaric vertigo.

Brain Tumor. Tumor present in brain or cerebellum can cause vertigo.

Allergies. Few allergens such as dust, molds, dander and certain food can trigger vertigo attacks in people who are allergic to them.

Common symptoms of vertigo include:

A dizzy feeling like you or your surroundings are spinning

A feeling of swaying, tilting, or being pulled in a direction

Loss of balance

Difficulty standing or unsteady walking

Other symptoms may accompany vertigo and will depend on the underlying cause. These symptoms can include:

Nausea

Vomiting

Headache

Sensitivity to light and sound

Sweating

Abnormal eye movements

Hearing loss

Ringing in the ears

One-sided tinnitus (ringing in the ear)

Ear fullness

Ear pain

Posturography Posturography analyzes your balance and posture. You’ll stand on a platform with your bare feet and try to hold your balance under different conditions.

Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potential (VEMP) This method evaluates whether your nerves and other parts of your body that are associated with the inner ear or balance are working properly. Sounds are played through earphones and special electrodes pick up and record the results.

Hearing Tests These tests, also known as audiometric tests, measure your hearing function and can detect issues in the inner ear. They can also help your physician figure out if there’s a problem with the nerve that connects the inner ear to the brain. There are several different types of hearing tests available. One test, called electrocochleography, helps determine if fluid buildup is causing excessive pressure in your inner ear. 

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) An MRI scan may be used to help your doctor identify possible causes for your vertigo symptoms and rule out others. It uses a magnetic field and radio waves to create images of the inside of your body. This test is often used in people with hearing loss or neurological symptoms to pinpoint a cause. An MRI may show fluid buildup, inflammation in the inner ear, or a growth on the nerve. 

Computerized Tomography (CT) Scan A CT scan is often used to let doctors see abnormalities, such as fractures or thinning bone, around the inner ear.

Vision Tests Sometimes vision tests are recommended to help doctors find a cause for vertigo symptoms.

Blood Work A blood test can reveal problems that could be to blame for your dizziness complaints. Your doctor might check your blood cell count, thyroid function, blood sugar levels, electrolytes, and more.

Besides knowing what causes or triggers your vertigo attacks, practicing simple self-care techniques can make a lot of difference in your life. Some of the strategies you can consider:

Slowly shift your position when getting out of the bed

Avoid sudden movements, especially when you just woke up

When your experience dizzy spells, sit down to avoid losing your balance

Use supporting structures such as walking canes if you frequently have vertigo episodes

Along with these techniques, you can seek the assistance of an upper cervical chiropractor here at Mountain State Wellness. Using gentle upper cervical chiropractic techniques, we can correct neck problems that could be causing your persistent dizzying spells and other vertigo symptoms. 

Homeopathy usually gives importance to subjective feelings / symptoms of the patients, which are characteristic to that individual. Homeopathy medicines are often prescribed individually.

Homoeopathy shows an effective result in treating different types of Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo BPPV. It will help in reducing the intensity and frequency of Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo BPPV along with which it will also help in controlling those symptoms arising before the attack. For example - anxiety, nervousness etc. It improves the general immunity and vitality of the patient apart from targeting the cause of the Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo BPPV.

Treatment for Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo BPPV depends upon the type and severity of the problem. Avoiding consumption of substances that can affect circulation, including caffeine, tobacco, or alcohol, drinking plenty of fluids. Consumption of lavender and vitamin-D rich food. Physiotherapy exercises include head and body movements done while sitting on bed. It is better to take guidance of physiotherapists for better and fast relief. Medications or treatment can be taken only after doctor’s consultation. Homeopathic treatment is fast and the relief will be long lasting. In most of the cases homeopathic medicines cured the disease without surgeries and side effects when other medical system suggested surgery.

Aconite 

Vertigo and headache in forehead and occiput, both worse on bending forward, vertigo, particularly on raising the head, or else on riding from a recumbent position, on stooping or moving the head, and often with the sensation of intoxication, or reeling in the head, loss of consciousness, dimness of the eyes, nausea and qualmishness at the pit of the stomach; while rising up from lying in a warm room; functional heart disease; fainting after emotional excitement.4

Belladonna 

Vertigo attended with nausea, as is experienced when turning quickly round in a circle or when walking from a morning sleep after spending a night in revelry; dizziness relieved in the open air, aggravated in the room; fits of dizziness, both when at rest or in motion, attended with dulness of mind; accompanied with loss of consciousness and falling, with anguish and luminous vibrations before the eyes, when rising from a recumbent posture; when stooping; vertigo, with vanishing of sight, stupefaction, and debility, and a tendency to fall backward, or to the left side, epileptiform vertigo, often reflex from congestion of sexual organs or sexual organs or spinal cord.

Causticum 

Violent dizziness in the morning on walking, with painful dulness of the head; the head feels stupefied and intoxicated; congestion of thee blood to the head, with heat and dimness of sight; amelioration in the open air; sudden and frequent loss of sight, with a sensation of a film before the eyes; DIZZINESS AT STOOL AND AFTER IT, wITH NAUSEA; with the dizziness constant feeling of anxiety and weakness of head, skin dry and hot, constipation, with much urging from defective expulsive efforts in rectum, with redness of face.

Cocculus 

Vertigo, with flushed, hot face and head; confused feeling in the head after eating and drinking; vertigo increased by sitting up in bed, or by the motion of a carriage; vertigo as from intoxication, with nausea and falling down without consciousness; hysterical dizziness and headache, aggravated by noise, walking, smoking or drinking coffee; whirling vertigo with nausea when sitting up in bed, forcing the resumption of recumbent position, accompanied by a peculiar dulness in forehead, as if there were a board in front of head; during the attack speech difficult, followed by difficulty in reading or thinking.

Conium 

Vertigo as if he were turning in a circle, when rising from his seat; confused vision and giddiness as soon as he stops to keep his sight fixed on an object (agoraphoby), complete loss of muscular power throughout the body; vertigo on looking around as if he would fall to one side; vertigo on lying down, when turning over in bed, when going down stairs; continued stupefaction with constant inclination to sleep; (<) at night, especially when lying on left side; patient must lie perfectly quiet upon her back, as the least motion causes distressing vertigo; suppressed sexual desire or overindulgence with loss of memory and frequent seminal emissions;(<) from smallest quantity of spirituous liquors.

Ferrum-met 

Staggering in walking as if intoxicated; reeling sensation and vertigo on seeing flowing water; vertigo, with sickness at the stomach in walking; momentary shock, with giddiness in the brain; hammering and throbbing headache, great palpitation of the heart and dyspnoea; bellows’ sound of the heart and anaemic murmur of the arteries and veins; vertigo, (<) when rising suddenly from a lying to a sitting position, wain walking over a bridge, or when riding in a car or carriage.

Ferrum-phos

Great dizziness, everything swimming around him; his muscles feel so weak he can hardly move about; constant feeling as if the head were being suddenly pushed forward; with danger of falling, congestion to parts of brain.

Hydrocyanic-acid 

Insufficiency of arterial contraction, with frequent headaches, stupefaction and falling down, vertigo, with reeling; cloudiness of the senses, the objects seems to move; he sees through a gauze; is scarcely able to keep on his feet after raising the head when stooping, on rising from one’s seat, worse in the open air; no reactive power, face pale, blue and cold.