About B. Todd Troost, MD Expertise vertigo, benign positional vertigo, BPPV, and related ailments.
Experience
Past/Present clients More than 2000 patients with vertigo.
Chairman of Neurology Department for 18 years and examiner for American Board of Neurology for over 25 years. Extensive information is provided on my commericial free website at www.ivertigo.net
Expert: B. Todd Troost, MD Date: 5/23/2002 Subject: lightheadness and weak in the knee feeling
Question Doctor: i have had this problem back in 1994 and now again of lightheadness and an off balance feeling at times which in turn feels as if i may faint, yet never have fainted. I am presently seeing a cardiolgist and i think he may due this tilt table test on me, and i am going to see an endochronlogist to see if it may be from that end, back in 94 i seen an ENT doctor and he put me thru the test were water is squirted into the ear he said that test was normal and at that time then i went onto a nerolgist who said it was psychiatric,,i came across a few weeks ago the ENT doctors report to my family doc about that water test and it said that someting showed mild tendency i think to some dizziness i can dig it up and write back to you exactly what it said if that might help, anyway do you think i should go back and see him on top of these other doctors and get that test done again?
Answer Dear Marc:
If your main symptom is really lightheadedness and not spinning dizziness I think you should follow through with your cardiologist and endocrinologist. I don't think it is going to help to dig up an old ENT test that was basically normal.
