It's a fairly common diagnosis, one doctor told me.
about how to perform something called the Epley maneuver, and decided they should try it. The maneuver—which involves first turning the sufferer’s head to the side at an angle halfway between face-forward and completely over the shoulder, then leaning the person backward on a bed or other surface so that their head and neck drop off the edge, and then conducting a series of other similar movements—worked miraculously.
Being aware of the characteristic symptoms of BPPV can help patients be their own advocates, and can prevent physicians from recommending expensive diagnostic tests such as MRI or CT scans, which cannot detect BPPV, and meclizine or other vestibular suppressants,have unwanted side effects, in addition to not being effective against the vertigo itself.
What exactly does a canalith repositioning maneuver, like the Epley, do? BPPV occurs when canaliths—tiny particles of calcium carbonate sometimes informally referred to as “ear rocks”—escape from one part of the inner ear into one of the semicircular canals filled with fluid that play a key role in the vestibular system, which maintains our sense of balance and our position in space.
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