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Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo aka BPPV-Dizzy?-Off Balance?-Lost Equilibriu...

Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo aka BPPV-Dizzy?-Off Balance?-Lost Equilibrium? Me too.

I have been diagnosed with BPPV. The treatment prescribed is done by an ENT balance physical therapist. The treatment is called the Epley maneuver. It is to move microscopic crystals from one location in the inner ear to another part of the inner ear. The crystals are eventually absorbed and no longer cause a problem according to the Phd and PT. You can do the Epley maneuver at home`` with someone present`` to keep you safe because the procedure can cause the worst of bespins for seconds before it gets back to normal. It may take several times to cure if BPPV is your issue too. Good Luck. You can find instructions on the internet.
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Can you link me to a site for the at home maneuvers, I am willing to try anything. It feels like its coming from turning my head , any head movement at all as well when standing must grip my toes on the floor to maintain balance, plus symtpoms into legs, but who knows TY for any help!
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The website is
www.dizziness-and-balance.com/disorders/bppv/epley/second.html
Be careful. This can make you very dizzy...have someone wiith you or go to your PHD. This is only one cure for one reason...the easiest fix for BPPV. It can be from numerous diseases and disorders as dangerous as CSF leakage from tumor or trauma and such...
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I was dianosed with BPPV after an ENG confirmed it...I am suffering presently with it...I have gone to Physical Therapy to a Vestibular Therapist...It is excellent however I have also learned on my own.to do the Epley and Brandt-Daroff ...If anyone would like to lear the excercises
Go to You Tube and they show many of them...
This time around I am having a more difficult time with nausea and balance for a total of five days now ...I am truly at wits end this time since I have so many things I HAVE to do and yet I do not want to fall or lose my balance w/out...
My Doctor does not want me to take Antivert for the dizziness as it prolongs the under-lying problem...
My eys are small and watery due to the Nystagmus which affects my left side/eye...
Good Luck!
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