Vertigo: 15 year journey to find a cure

Duncan suffered with positional vertigo for 15 years. Johns Hopkins, Hershey Medical and many other institutions failed to make a correct diagnosis. Resolution came from eliminating a CVM (cytomegalovirus) in the inner ear.

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Science & Technology

Tags:

• Vertigo
• Positional
• vertigo
• Dizziness
• Disequilibrium
• Benign
• Paroxysmal
• (BPPV)

[christopheruchia]

I went to Dr. Shae here in Memphis,Tn. and he is like the best ear doctor in the United States. He about 94 years old and he said I was the first person he has seen that was born with bppv in BOTH ears. people will have it in only one ear, but i have it in both. They have surgery for this but its not 100%. medication does not work either. i have that the various head positioning works far better than any medication. if you feel like everything is spinning, do the positioning till it stops

[RichardsChat]

Hi Guys, I have just started having similiar symptoms to the ones described here. It has just started since me being on a diet and I have replaced sugar in my tea with canderell (aspartame). I've been looking at the possible side effects that this product gives off. Is anyone else here taking sweetners? Could be a cause? I'm going to come off them and I'll let you know how I get on in a couple of weeks. I hope this is the cause for me and I hope you all get things sorted yourselves.

[neilzep]

Poor guy...I feel for him.

[SoLow4dolo]

Hello Duncan-It is comforting to see others able to ask questions with similar problems thank you-I have been suffering from vertigo for six months straight non stop.. I can walk but can't be active--had a had a cold/sinus maybe and a plugged right ear-took an air flight and have not been the same since. 15 years no way, 6 months has tested my faith and will-any advice is appreciated-tried draining salt-went on candida diet, months of antibiotics,-thnkn pluggd Eschucian tube-menieres/vertigo.IDK

[ilikepieorcoke]

iv had vertio for about 2 months now. my mother took me to a natropath and he found out that i have mecrery in my system from a shot i had 3 week b4. most docters don sugest a natropath because they think it wont work and is a wast of time because that they use all nateral meds.

[italiancherrywine]

I cured my horrible TWO YEAR bout with vertigo with some advise from European friends. They told me to breath steam......., So I did it daily for a week for about 45 minutes or so then as much as I could take.

It Worked!!!

[ImperialDecree]

God bless him. I've felt vertigo and have had a terrible balance disorder for about 12 years now and I'm only 20 years old. I'm seeing my third ENT doctor in a couple of weeks. Hopefully they can get the job done this time around so I can live like a regular person now.

[lollipop2741]

I get this too, and I've been getting this for a while....Mostly positional ones with the ear and such. Is there a cure or treatment for that????????

[Dancinwithfate]

My Girlfriend has vertigo caused by ear degeneration... is there a cure for something like this?

[TheJackyFaber]

My doctor diagnosed me with vertigo a year ago (I'll be 13 next month). When I was first diagnosed it wasn't that bad. In the car I would get dizzy which I still do. I can't stand up too fast or run or excersize. If i walk too fast I get dizzy. But the last 3 months or so if I stood up too fast, walked too fast, or ran, I would have like these moments where i get very very dizzy and everything blacks out. I can't see at all. I'm just blinded. Is this normal?