Labrynthitis??!


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Labrynthitis??

I suffer with this on a regular occurence, know its caused by a virus within the inner ear. I get regular dizzy spells but luckily no nausea, but this time am getting the occasional dizzy spells and feeling 'spaced' out, do you think I ought to try and visit my GP (who isn't very sympathetic)???

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1 month ago
I've got bad toothache too, could this be a cause for my vertigo?? Have to wait 2 days to see an emergency dentist!!!!!


Answers:

I'm really sorry to hear that - labyrinthitus is a horrid thing to have. It's almost impossible to explain how miserable it is to someone unless they've had something similar.

I had labyrinthitus for a year, with vertigo episodes for over two years. It was triggered by a viral infection, so antibotics were useless - I had to wait it out, which was a complete nightmare.

During that time, I learnt a few tricks to cope with it, which I hope you'll find useful.

- Take your time getting out of bed in the morning. The sudden change from lying down to standing can make you feel incredibly ill. The same is true of getting up suddenly from sitting.
- Try avoiding watching the television. I found sudden camera movements and focus changes triggered severe dizzy spells.
- Even if you feel OK, wait a couple of days to confirm that your labyrinthitus has definately passed before walking up or down stairs upright. You may get a sudden dizzy spell and take a fall.
- There are exercises that you can do to accelerate the compensation process following labyrinthitus. One recommended to me by my ENT consultant was the Brandt-Daroff exercise for vertigo. It had an amazing effect on my symptoms and I would strongly recommend it although beware that it is actually quite hard to force yourself to do it at the start. The secret is to build the number of repetitions up slowly and listen to your body, but it can significantly reduce the length of your labyrinthitus attack. A good website for a description of how to do the Brandt-Daroff exercises is below.

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