Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo
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Description: Article explains common and atypical types of this short lasting vertigo. Includes symptoms, causes, diagnosis, treatments, and illustrations.
BPPV -- Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo BENIGN PAROXYSMAL POSITIONAL VERTIGO Page last modified: January 8, 2014 In Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV) dizziness is generally thought to be due to debris which has collected within a part of the inner ear. This debris can be thought of as "ear rocks", although the formal name is "otoconia". Ear rocks are small crystals of calcium carbonate derived from a structure in the ear called the "utricle" (figure1 ). While the saccule also contains otoconia, they are not able to migrate into the canal system. The utricle may have been damaged by head injury, infection, or other disorder of the inner ear, or may have degenerated because of advanced age. Normally otoconia appear to have a slow turnover. They are probably dissolved naturally as well as actively reabsorbed by the "dark cells" of the labyrinth (Lim, 1973, 1984), which are found adjacent to the utricle and the crista, although this idea is not accepted by all (
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