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What Is The Recovery Time For Dizziness And Loss Of Balance?
my husband has had dizziness since 22 june 2014. he was prescribed various medicines like stemetil, vertil, vertin (8mg) and had got done dix hall pike test, cervical x-ray done but the dizziness persisted. yesterday went to a neurologist who checked and prescribed vertin 16 thrice a day for a week. he did not find anything serious with the patient and assured that vertin in higher dosage should help him. my husband finds imbalance in walking more difficult to manage and therefore has cancelled his visit abroad on monday 21st july. will he get his confidence back?
Mon, 30 Nov 2015
Persistant dizziness can be due to
1. Central causes: any lesion in cerebellum, cerebellar peduncle
2. Peripheral causes: labrynthitis, meneires disease, benign positional vertigo.
Need to get MRI Brain/NCCT Head and ENT check up
1. Central causes: any lesion in cerebellum, cerebellar peduncle
2. Peripheral causes: labrynthitis, meneires disease, benign positional vertigo.
Need to get MRI Brain/NCCT Head and ENT check up
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