Vertigo

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Identifier 19780216_nanos_varsubjectssympos2_07
Title Vertigo
Creator Robert B. Daroff, MD, Professor of Neurology, School of Medicine, CASE Western Reserve University, University Hospitals - Case Medical Center
Subject Vertigo; Vestibular System Dysfunction; Caloric Stimulation; Acute End-Organ Dysfunction
Description Vertigo reflects dysfunction in the vestibular system. Any disease state which changes the firing frequency of a vestibular end-organ and which produces unequal neural input to the brainstem causes vertigo. Caloric stimulation mimics acute end-organ dysfunction and helps establish the diagnosis. Vertigo is an illusory sense of unidirectional environment and/ or bodily rotational movement. The symptom reflects dysfunction in the vestibular system and is thus quite specific. If the definition of vertigo is expanded to include "the symptoms experienced during vestibular dysfunction," however, confusion results because many patients with vestibulopathy describe a variety of symptoms such as dizziness, light headedness, staggering, etc., instead of unidirectional rotational movement. The physician must determine whether these symptoms actually represent a vestibular problem or one of the many other conditions associated with "dizziness."
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Format Creation application/pdf
Type Text
Source 1978 North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Annual Meeting
Relation is Part of NANOS 1978: Various Subjects Symposium (Session 2)
Collection Neuro-ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: NOVEL http://NOVEL.utah.edu
Publisher Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Holding Institution North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Association. NANOS Executive Office 5841 Cedar Lake Road, Suite 204, Minneapolis, MN 55416
Rights Management Copyright 1978. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright
ARK ark:/87278/s63232m5
Context URL The NANOS Annual Meeting Neuro-Ophthalmology Collection: https://novel.utah.edu/collection/NAM/toc/
Setname ehsl_novel_nam
ID 183790
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s63232m5
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