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Vertigo Attacks. Does Stress Cause This Attack?
My husband has had 3 attacks of vertigo this week. They all came early in the morning while in bed. This morning it was 3:30. This attack has lasted for hours. We originally thought they were triggered by reading or looking at the computer. He suddenly has had many attacks in the last 4 months since we moved and he took a new job. Does stress bring on attacks? He hadn't had an attack in 10 years! Will this pass? It seems very serious right now.
Mon, 21 Oct 2013
Hi,
Thank you for posting your query.
Vertigo is not caused by stress, the common causes are related to ear or brain dysfunction. Severe cervical spondylosis can also cause it.
First of all, get him evaluated by a neurologist, to look for any abnormal findings on neurological examination. Then, an MRI of brain may be ordered if any abnormalities are found to rule out brain ischemia (lack of blood flow to brain).
Secondly, your husband would require an ENT evaluation to exclude BPPV-benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, which is the commonest cause of recurrent vertigo.
There is no need to worry, as all these are well treatable with medications.
I hope it helps. Please get back if you require any additional information.
Wishing you good health,
Dr Sudhir Kumar MD (Internal Medicine), DM (Neurology)
Senior Consultant Neurologist
Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad, India
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Thank you for posting your query.
Vertigo is not caused by stress, the common causes are related to ear or brain dysfunction. Severe cervical spondylosis can also cause it.
First of all, get him evaluated by a neurologist, to look for any abnormal findings on neurological examination. Then, an MRI of brain may be ordered if any abnormalities are found to rule out brain ischemia (lack of blood flow to brain).
Secondly, your husband would require an ENT evaluation to exclude BPPV-benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, which is the commonest cause of recurrent vertigo.
There is no need to worry, as all these are well treatable with medications.
I hope it helps. Please get back if you require any additional information.
Wishing you good health,
Dr Sudhir Kumar MD (Internal Medicine), DM (Neurology)
Senior Consultant Neurologist
Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad, India
Click on this link to ask me a DIRECT QUERY: http://bit.ly/Dr-Sudhir-kumar
My BLOG: http://bestneurodoctor.blogspot.in
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