What disease is otolith disease

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Migraine and head injury can cause otoliths, which incidence rate is high in the elderly, which can cause severe vertigo. There are a lot of people who don't know otolith, don't know its symptoms, lack of awareness of prevention. Now let's talk about what otolith is.

What disease is otolith disease

First, it can be divided into two types, one is idiopathic, which is called otolithiasis, the other is secondary, which is secondary to Meniere's disease, sudden deafness, viral labyrinthitis, internal auditory artery ischemia, migraine, head trauma, middle ear and inner ear surgery, cochlear implantation, ototoxic drug damage, otosclerosis, chronic otitis media and cervical vertigo, etc.

Second: it often occurs in middle-aged people, women slightly more, the onset is sudden, and the occurrence of symptoms is often related to some head or body position changes. The nystagmus occurred within 3-10 seconds after the change of head position, and the vertigo often lasted within 60 seconds, accompanied by nausea and vomiting. Vertigo can be aggravated or relieved periodically. There is no discomfort or dizziness in the intermission period. After vertigo attack, individual patients may have a long-term feeling of heaviness and floating.

Third, "otolith disease" is also known as "benign paroxysmal positional vertigo". Under normal circumstances, otoliths are attached to the otolith membrane. When some pathogenic factors lead to otolith detachment, these detached otoliths will swim in the liquid called endolymphatic in the inner ear. When the head position of the human body changes, these semicircular canals will also change, and the sunk otoliths will follow the liquid It's moving with the flow of water.

matters needing attention

The main symptom of otolith is that the patient feels very dizzy. Sometimes, if it is serious, dizziness will make the patient feel nausea and vomiting at the same time. These are normal phenomena of otolith. The elderly should pay more attention because the disease is very sudden and the incidence rate is higher in the elderly.