[Ear Day—Popular Science on Dizziness] What is the difference between dizziness and vertigo?

Today is the 23rd National Hearing Day, and this years theme is “Care for Hearing Health, Listen to a Wonderful Future.”

Dizziness science:

Ears are important sensory organs for us to hear and understand the world, but did you know? The ears have another function - to maintain the balance of the human body. The vestibule and semicircular canals inside the ear have the function of sensing the movement and position of the head. When a persons balance is disturbed, there is often something wrong with the ear. According to clinical data, more than 50% of vertigo diseases are otogenic vertigo diseases.

If you have the following symptoms, you need to pay attention. You may be suffering from vertigo: dizziness, dizziness, dizziness, inability to stand, falling, or even hearing loss, tinnitus, nausea, and vomiting. In the medical field, this phenomenon is called vertigo. The root cause of the disease is an illusion of movement or position caused by the bodys positioning disorder in space.

How to differentiate between vertigo and dizziness?

Vertigo refers to the disorder of the human bodys orientation or balance perception of spatial relationships. It is an illusion or hallucination of movement of oneself or the outside scene. During the attack, the surrounding objects are felt to be rotating, and the visual objects are swinging or shaking, or oneself is rotating on a certain plane. , toppling, floating or shaking.

Dizziness refers to dizziness, lightheadedness, and the patient feeling "floating" without a clear sense of rotation.

How to treat vertigo?

1.Drug treatment

2. Manual reduction: otolithiasis (BPPV)

3. Vestibular rehabilitation training: Mainly for patients with balance disorders caused by low vestibular function or loss of vestibular function, rehabilitation training can be provided, such as Brandt-Daroff exercise method or virtual reality vestibular rehabilitation training (vestibular rehabilitation instrument).

4. Surgical treatment

Which patients are suitable for rehabilitation training?

Vestibular rehabilitation training is suitable for:

vestibular neuritis,

Sudden deafness accompanied by vertigo,

Menieres disease;

Various vestibular function impairments,

Low vestibular function;

Elderly people with dizziness symptoms but no clear vestibular disorder;

Dizziness whose cause is not entirely clear;

Patients with sequelae of dizziness and motion sickness after BPPV reduction.

What should I pay attention to?

1. Dizziness may cause falls and other accidents, so you should stay alert; organize your residence to ensure safety, such as cleaning the corridors and placing anti-slip mats in the bathtub; if necessary, use assistive devices such as walkers or crutches.

2. When vertigo occurs, you should squat down immediately and avoid driving or operating large equipment.

3. Certain predisposing factors should be avoided, such as fatigue, drinking, smoking, coffee, etc. It is easy to eat a light diet, try to avoid eating pickled foods, drink more boiled water and ensure adequate sleep.

4. When there is residual balance disorder, rehabilitation training should be strengthened: Appropriate exercise can speed up the recovery of vertigo symptoms. You can do brisk walking, jogging, dancing, doing exercises, Tai Chi, etc.; if you cannot get out of bed, you can do more head turning movements; at the same time, perform vestibular rehabilitation train.

5. If you suddenly feel weak, have abnormal sensations, see double images, have difficulty speaking, have chest pain, or faint, you should seek help immediately.