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| vertigo | 2/18/2004 | B. Todd Troost, MD |
Q: can vertigo be linked to migraines?
A: Yes vertigo can be linked to migraine. Some series say that up to 40% of patients with migraine ...
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| tinnitus | 2/14/2004 | B. Todd Troost, MD |
Q: I have noticed that my ringing in the ears is getting worse is this just temperary ?
A: Most people get some form of tinnitus sooner or later. Increase blood flow , as from exercise, ...
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| vertigo | 2/9/2004 | B. Todd Troost, MD |
Q: I have been suffering from continuous vertigo for seven weeks-it feels like everything is moving ...
A: You best approach is to see your ENT physician. You can read more about vertigo on my website at: ...
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| Non-spinning vertigo | 2/8/2004 | B. Todd Troost, MD |
Q: I have non-spinning vertigo, where I just feel like I'm tilting, moving, etc. I can make my ears pop ...
A: The exercises are described at: http://ivertigo.net/vertigo/vertherapy2.html Be sure to click where ...
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| rocking,swaying | 11/29/2003 | B. Todd Troost, MD |
Q: I was dx with bppv 5 months ago. I have the sensations of rocking,swaying and a jerking feeling. I ...
A: YOu feel the rocking or moving because the semicircular canals are being stimulated due to otoliths ...
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| In dec 2002 I had a severe... | 9/16/2003 | B. Todd Troost, MD |
Q: In dec 2002 I had a severe bout of dizziness/bed spins and sickness which laid me out for a few ...
A: It sounds as though your initial attack was a labyrinthitis - an inflammation of the inner ear - now ...
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| nausea | 9/5/2003 | B. Todd Troost, MD |
Q: Dr. Troost: Since around the late spring of 2001 my husband has suffered from debilitating nausea. ...
A: I just had a patient who primarily had nausea and whose work up was negative. We considered mostly, ...
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| BPPV | 9/3/2003 | B. Todd Troost, MD |
Q: I had an ENG done was diagonised with BPPV. I have had 2 epley manuvers done and I still have the ...
A: It is rare that either the Epley or Brandt-Daroff do not cure bppv. Perhaps you should have the ...
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| Vertigo attack | 5/9/2003 | B. Todd Troost, MD |
Q: I had my first vertigo attack a few days ago. I was lying in bed when I experienced the spinning ...
A: Medicine will not cure your vertigo. Exercises will. Perhaps you could take a benadry 25-50 mg ...
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| vertigo | 3/3/2003 | B. Todd Troost, MD |
Q: I have been taking 100mg of Zoloft for 10 years. I want to stop taking it, but ever time I reduce ...
A: Unfortunately vertigo or some type of dizziness is a common complaint when a patient is trying to ...
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| vertigo | 2/25/2003 | B. Todd Troost, MD |
Q: Im forty yrs old and for the first time I was treated for vertigo or (an inner ear infection) per ...
A: Minor ear infections can cause vertigo that usually disappears in a few days or weeks. It is ...
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| bilateral vestibular hypofunction | 2/3/2003 | B. Todd Troost, MD |
Q: I am 33 years old and was diagnosed as a child with a unilateral vestibular loss. I adapted well ...
A: I really don't think Depakote is a cause of your vestibualr dysfunction - so many people have taken ...
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| ongoing vertigo | 1/27/2003 | B. Todd Troost, MD |
Q: My, wife, age 76 has been experiencing dizzyness for about 5 years and it continues to get worse. ...
A: I am sorry for your wife's dizziness. It is often the case that all the tests are normal. I do not ...
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| Extreem Vertigo | 11/19/2002 | B. Todd Troost, MD |
Q: I get Extreem Vertigo about every three to four months. It usually starts while I'm in a deep ...
A: I assume you are asking what causes your symptoms. We cannot make a ceertain diagnosis over the ...
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| imbalance | 10/5/2002 | B. Todd Troost, MD |
Q: I was diagnosed with positional vertigo few years back. Basically, I do not have the spinning ...
A: There is a significant link between vision and balance. After the inner ear function, vision is the ...
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| Chronic Dizziness | 9/30/2002 | B. Todd Troost, MD |
Q: Dr. Troost: We need help in locating a "chronic dizziness" specialist, or even better, a ...
A: The closest I can come to making a recommendation is Dr. David Zee in Baltimore. His contact ...
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| vertigo | 9/23/2002 | B. Todd Troost, MD |
Q: Hey Doc. well I have a couple questions, i'm 25 and have vertigo or so they say. I have read your ...
A: As far as I am aware your stomach pains etc have nothing to do with your dizziness, but they are not ...
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| Dizziness | 7/25/2002 | B. Todd Troost, MD |
Q: My Husband strated having dizziness problem in 97 after he had pancreas tumor removed at Mayo ...
A: Your husband's problem is complex. He may have had bppv after surgery as I did. You can read about ...
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| you were correct | 7/1/2002 | B. Todd Troost, MD |
Q: Doctor: my mri was unremarkable of the brain and IAC's. What is interesting is i seen a nerologist ...
A: I would proceed with the tilt table. There is no question that anxiety plays some role and that is ...
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| Vertigo | 6/26/2002 | B. Todd Troost, MD |
Q: I believe I have benign vertigo but at the time I experienced it, I also had a few experiences with ...
A: First of all, sorry I didn't answer sooner, but I was away on a speaking touring talking about ...
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| "STUFFY HEAD", DIZZINESS, ETC. | 6/24/2002 | B. Todd Troost, MD |
Q: When I get up in the mornng, for about 45 minues, I feel normal. After about 45 minutes, I get this ...
A: It sounds potentially as though you have an allergy. I am not surprised the MRI was non revealing as ...
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| Salt/caffeine and ototoxicity | 6/23/2002 | B. Todd Troost, MD |
Q: I read with interest your chapter on Vertigo and ototoxicity. Thanks for it. I learned a lot about ...
A: One wonders if you have a tendency to Meniere's disease and triggered off an attack with the excess ...
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| follow up | 6/22/2002 | B. Todd Troost, MD |
Q: I had this postural test and my ENT doctor said it was inconclusive for my lightheadeness so he is ...
A: It sounds to me as though you are developing muscle spasms in your neck both due to anxiety and ...
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| Vertigo - Pediatric | 6/12/2002 | B. Todd Troost, MD |
Q: Do you know anyone who can assess whether my 6 year old has vertigo and/or atypical migraines? He ...
A: Gosh Margaret I would have thought the best bet would be a pediatric neurologist. Unfortunately ...
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| dizziness | 5/31/2002 | B. Todd Troost, MD |
Q: During both my pregnancies, I would pass out alot and during my last one two years ago, my OB sent ...
A: While it is true that I am a supposed expert in dizziness I am a neurologist not a cardiologist. ...
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| Thank you for your help | 5/30/2002 | B. Todd Troost, MD |
Q: Doctor a moment to thank you for your help during this difficult time for me, i am going to see my ...
A: The ENG and chair are used for different purposes. The ENG is better in telling what ear is ...
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| Posterior canal occlusion surgery for BPPV | 5/28/2002 | B. Todd Troost, MD |
Q: How long can it take to recover after this operation? My wife has bilateral BPPV. She has had ...
A: Unfortunately I have had no experience with the surgery you mention. Our ENT docs do not do it. I ...
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| lightheadness and weak in the knee feeling | 5/23/2002 | B. Todd Troost, MD |
Q: Doctor: i have had this problem back in 1994 and now again of lightheadness and an off balance ...
A: If your main symptom is really lightheadedness and not spinning dizziness I think you should follow ...
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| Questions about ENG test results | 5/17/2002 | B. Todd Troost, MD |
Q: I have had a for two weeks a dizziness or loss of equalibrium that comes on when my head changes ...
A: Seems to me you should get an answer from your treating physician who ordered the tests as to how ...
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| Dizziness and hot flushes | 4/30/2002 | B. Todd Troost, MD |
Q: I am a 64 year old, overweight woman with mild hypertension which was being controlled by beta ...
A: I guess the key question is whether you have drops in blood pressure when you arise. If that is not ...
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| Migraine associated vertigo-4 week episode | 4/19/2002 | B. Todd Troost, MD |
Q: Four weeks ago I had the worst migraine ever (without pain)-with vomiting and unable to open my eyes ...
A: Yur situation is extremely complex. It is clear that some patients with migraine have severe ...
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| Hearing loss | 4/3/2002 | B. Todd Troost, MD |
Q: When talking about hearing loss, what does the term recruitment pertain too. Also there is a term ...
A: You are actually asking some very complex questions more in the realm of an expert audiologist which ...
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| lightheaded | 4/2/2002 | B. Todd Troost, MD |
Q: Doctor: i am a worry wart and i think my anxiety went to panic, almost the same thing happened to me ...
A: A sensation of lightheadedness may be a form of dizziness but also could be due to low blood ...
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| Primivil | 3/9/2002 | B. Todd Troost, MD |
Q: I am a 61 year old male and have been very active all my life. I smoked and drank for 30 years but ...
A: I am a neurologist interested in dizziness and balance disorders and honestly I do not know enough ...
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| new vertigo treatment | 1/25/2002 | B. Todd Troost, MD |
Q: I've got a friend with constant vertigo. I heaqrd of a novel new treatment where patients are put ...
A: Most likely you are referring to the modern re-do of the Semont maneuver called the Epley Maneuver. ...
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| dizziness | 1/21/2002 | B. Todd Troost, MD |
Q: do you know of any virus related to extreme dizziness on body position changes? Thank you.
A: Vestibular Neuronitis or "Labyrinthitis" is believed to be a viral infection of the inner ear. It ...
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| what maximum can happen in un-dignostic giddiness? | 1/20/2002 | B. Todd Troost, MD |
Q: sir I have un dignostic giddiness from about 5 to 6 years..c t scan/mri result -nil--no cardio trace ...
A: It is unlikely that your giddiness portends any serious condition given all your negative tests. ...
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| test for vertigo | 1/14/2002 | B. Todd Troost, MD |
Q: sir can ENG test find reason of vertigo surely? if this test normal ,also along with all tests ...
A: The tests for dizziness including ENG, rotary chair and posturography are INSENSITIVE and miss many ...
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| Getting into a standing position | 1/11/2002 | B. Todd Troost, MD |
Q: I have been suffering from vertigo for two weeks now. It has been hell. I am on antivert for two ...
A: There are many types of vertigo, the most common being being positional vertigo or BPPV that you can ...
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| Lipitor, light headed, Vision. | 1/8/2002 | B. Todd Troost, MD |
Q: Todd, I am 53 yrs old. I was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes last May 2001 and High Cholesteral. I ...
A: Yes, changes in blood sugar and possibly cholesterol can affect the lens of the eye and make drastic ...
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