How To Cure Vertigo? | Lifestyle

by JohnF.Petersone

Vertigo or dizziness affect approximately 30% of people over the age of 65 years old. For such a common problem do we have a way to cure vertigo? Well there are many suggest ways to help cure vertigo but when we evaluate a method we have to be critical and make sure it is correcting the cause of our vertigo and not just addressing the symptoms.

The symptom of vertigo happens when you feel like you are moving when you are not moving. You may feel like you are moving or your environment is moving around you. It has nothing to do with a fear of heights. The vertigo called bppv or benign positional vertigo is experienced by the largest number of vertigo sufferers. With bppv vertigo is triggered by specific movements or head positions. Sufferers will typically have attacks when they roll over in bed, turn their head, look upwards or bend forwards. A few common approaches are used to deal with vertigo. Some may choose to just ignore the symptoms and not pay an attention, others may decide to take medication to cover up the symptoms and then others may use an approach that fixes the problem like vertigo exercises.

Some people may brush off their vertigo and think they should just ignore the problem. Having vertigo can affect your daily activities plus when we age the incidence of falling is increased along with the repercussions of accidents like that. Recent research has shown that every single day in America 41 people die from falls. And a fall happens once every 7 minutes and that one out of every 65 people in America will experience a fall. This demonstrates that vertigo and related balance problems should not be taken lightly and steps should be taken to remedy the problem as soon as possible.

Masking or covering up the symptoms of nausea or dizziness is usually done with medication or drugs. This approach is not a real vertigo cure. Drugs do little to address or fix the cause of your vertigo, they only deal with covering up or suppressing your symptoms. For vertigo a drug called meclizine is used. This is an antihistamine which decreased the amount of histamine in the body. It has other names like D-vert, Dramamine II, Antivert and Bonine. Individuals can suffer allergic reactions like hives, difficulty breathing, a puffy face and swollen throat. Also side effects like blurry vision, tiredness, dry mouth and constipation may also be experienced.

The vertigo that is known as bppv or benign positional vertigo is best treated with special vertigo exercises. These have no nasty side effects and address the cause of the vertigo. If instructed correctly this can be done at home and in no time you will start to feel better.

If you are suffering from vertigo you should not just ignore it. It may result in a nasty injury like a fall. And for some forms of vertigo the choice of medication is not the only solution. There are proven medication free techniques that are a great choice to cure vertigo.

DISCLAIMER: This article is provided as information only and is not to be taken as financial advice.

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