| What is Vertigo? | | | | symptoms makes it hard to keep balance and carry |
| Vertigo is a sensation that everything around you is | | | | out everyday tasks. |
| spinning or moving, which is usually caused by a | | | | In most cases you will find different symptoms like |
| problem in the inner ear, but can also be caused by | | | | loss of balance, Nausea, Vomiting, Light-headedness. |
| vision problems. Vertigo is medically different from | | | | The patient might have visual disturbances, |
| dizziness, lightheadedness, and unsteadiness. "Vertigo" | | | | weakness, difficulty speaking, decreased level of |
| is often used, incorrectly, to describe the fear of | | | | consciousness, and difficulty walking. |
| heights, but the correct term for this is acrophobia. | | | | What are the causes of Vertigo? |
| The medical term vertigo can occur at any time and | | | | The vertigo can be caused by a problem with the |
| may last for days, weeks, months, and even years, | | | | balance mechanisms of the inner ear, a problem with |
| while acrophobia symptoms only occur only when | | | | the brain, or a problem with the nerves that connect |
| the person is high up and looking down. | | | | the brain to the middle ear. |
| However, vertigo is so commonly used 'incorrectly' | | | | Vertigo, or dizziness, usually results from a disorder in |
| by lay people that it would be naive today to say it | | | | the peripheral vestibular system (i.e., structures |
| only has one meaning. | | | | of the inner ear). Dizziness also may occur as a |
| When you feel that the room is spinning around you, | | | | result of a disorder in the central vestibular system |
| or in other words you sense that the objects around | | | | (i.e., vestibular nerve, brainstem, and |
| you are whirling horizontally or vertically, you have | | | | cerebellum). In some cases, the cause of |
| vertigo. In effect, one might feel that he himself is in | | | | vertigo is unknown. |
| an irregular whirling motion of some sort. | | | | How to Cure Vertigo With Herbal Remedies? |
| Vertigo is a disease which is often incorrectly | | | | Natural remedies can also provide symptomatic relief |
| confused with dizziness. It is actually related to | | | | of dizziness and nausea associated with vertigo and |
| problems in the inner ear, where the balance centers | | | | improves inner ear balance. Herbal remedies containing |
| are located, although this is not the only reason. | | | | homeopathic ingredients may be taken at the first |
| Usually, vertigo clears on its own without any | | | | sign of symptoms and are safe to use for people of |
| treatment. It may otherwise go within weeks or | | | | all ages. |
| months with treatment, or it may continue for years. | | | | The most commonly recommended herbs today are |
| It may also be symptomatic of some other serious | | | | the blood-moving and antioxidant herbs ginkgo and |
| conditions such as Ménière’s disease or | | | | hawthorn. Patient's with Meniere's disease should limit |
| multiple sclerosis, in which case, there is need for | | | | salt in their diet. |
| their own set of treatments. | | | | Homeopathic ingredients such as Cocculus indicus, |
| What are the symptoms of Vertigo? | | | | Lobelia inflata and Gelsemium have proven to highly |
| The patient may feel that his/her surroundings seem | | | | effective in relieving the symptoms of dizziness, |
| to be moving either vertically or horizontally. There | | | | weakness, fainting, fatigue, headaches and emotional |
| may also be a sensation of spinning. Sometimes the | | | | upsets. In addition, Bryonia alba may be beneficial for |
| feeling may be so slight that it is hardly noticeable. | | | | headaches, and for individuals who perspire where |
| However, for some people the severity of | | | | the slightest movement may be disturbing. |