Up To My Ears In Crystals!?
Posted by rIa on Monday, 20 April, 2009 @ 1:25 pm
Yep.. Up To My Ears InDeed!!!
I had to laugh when they told me (after 4 neurologists in 10 years) that my severe Never-Ending VERTIGO is caused by “Crystals” in the most inner part of the ear- (behind inner ear stones can form)
I collect crystals (quartz/stones/rock-crystals/gems etc)- since the early ’70’s, and I think I have enough to lay down and cover myself with them “possibly” up to my ears! lol! (or not so much ‘lol’) No fun- at all!
After suffering with this constant annoying dizziness (worst than a full blown hangover) for over a decade – I finally find a Kind And MOST “interested” neurologist that does not just want to “stick” the patient with over priced injection therapies that (do we know if they even work?) and ignore the “other” symptoms that are FAR worst than the “MS” itself!
GEEZ LOUISE!!! . . . What is healthcare all about!? *not going there- we all know the answer->$$$$$
A treatment, absolutely no meds , IS available! Called the “Eply maneuver ” Read below–
Hope this helps may vertigo sufferers out there!
BPPV- IN SHORT:
The inner ear consists of three semicircular canals that contribute to a sense of balance.
Over time, particles in the inner ear can break off and accumulate behind a membrane in the posterior canal.
Moving the head in certain directions may cause particles to tug on hairlike sensors, triggering a type of dizziness called benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV).
In most cases when it is found that a patient has BPPV, a noninvasive positioning procedure is used to clear the crystals out of the canal and deposit them back into the part of the inner ear where they belong.
TREATMENTS
At Mayo (where proceedure was initialized/tested) there are several positioning procedures used to cure BPPV, including the modified Eply maneuver (canalith repositioning procedure or CRP), Semont’s liberatory procedure, and a procedure using an electric circle bed that rotates the canals 360 degrees in a vertical plane.
Results of a study of the canalith repositioning maneuver for treatment of BPPV.
Full Article here at my FYI blog.
