Dizziness Balance Disorder
Evaluation and Treatment for Balance Disorders
Dizziness Balance Disorder
More than 2 million people visit the doctor each year with complaints of dizziness, vertigo, or motion sickness. Balance disorders are the number one health complaint of patients over the age of 70, and they are the cause of 50 percent of falls experienced by the elderly.
Your body maintains its balance, or equilibrium, through a complex relationship with many parts of the body, including the inner and middle ear. Less than ten percent of patients with balance and vestibular disorders are ever evaluated by a specialist. At The Comprehensive ENT Center of Texas, our highly trained audiologist, Dr. Brown, uses state-of-the-art diagnostic tools to evaluate each patient and plan a customized course of treatment.
The most common balance complaint is peripheral vertigo
This is usually caused by inner ear inflammation from a cold or virus. Other common inner ear disorders that may elicit vertigo, dizziness, or disequilibrium include:
Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV)
Meniere’s Disease
Vestibular Neuronitis
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