Monday 13 December 2010

Seasick without the sea

The past 3 weeks or so I've been experiencing increasing frequency of headaches and dizziness, climaxing last week. So today I went to the doctor & found out that it's most likely due to benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) . Hopefully with a treatment of nose-spray & seasick tablets I'll be right again after 2 weeks.

2 comments:

  1. So you have 'rocks' in your head!

    (also I noticed the wiki page that you linked to said the treatment you have been given only treats the symptoms, not the cause of the symptoms - are they going to do anything to treat the cause of the symptoms?)

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  2. Well the 'rocks' have moved at least. They aren't sure what the cause is exactly. The Wiki page doesn't mention it, but 2 causes amongst others are 1)pressure/blockage in the sinuses or ear, & 2) a bacterial infection. The doctor is starting with treating for a blockage as I've had "bubbling" sensation at times in my nose. If it's not better after 2 weeks though I have to go back & get a course of antibiotics in case it's an infection. Adele Thomas has had the exact same thing for 10 weeks & they are only just starting on the exercise treatment. So I guess it's not their first course of action.

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