Vertigo is a feeling as if the patient moves or rotates or as if the objects around the patient moves or rotates, which is usually accompanied by nausea and loss of balance.
A person who suffers from vertigo, feeling as if the world spins around, (objective vertigo) or the patient was spinning in the room, (subjective vertigo).
Frequency of vertigo experienced by every person is different. There are only a few moments to experience vertigo. There is also a feeling for hours. In fact, some vertigo that lasts up to a week.
Feeling dizzy, except accompanied by a sense of spinning, sometimes accompanied by nausea and vomiting. When this severe disorder, the patient could not even stand or even fall. This is usually caused by a disturbance of balance. Vertigo may last only a few moments or may continue for several hours or even days. Patients often feel better when lying still, but vertigo can continue even if the patient does not move at all.
Mild vertigo attacks, can generally be eliminated by taking a break. Vertigo become dangerous if the symptoms are severe. Because eliminating the balance, severe vertigo, can paralyze the patient, so the patient fell.
The most severe vertigo when caused by a tumor in the cerebellum or organ near the ear. Vertigo is perceived according to tumor growth. The larger the tumor the more severe pain. Sometimes accompanied by symptoms of ear buzzing. As efforts to control, the only way of operation and irradiation, to get rid of the tumor.
Sometimes vertigo is only caused by stress. Although patients experience symptoms of head spinning and even vomiting, but that stress can be addressed, the symptoms of vertigo disappeared. Vertigo is usually not a serious health disorders. However, the earlier the treatment the faster vertigo can be overcome.
Vertigo can be a sign or symptom of a particular disease such as stroke and tumor. In fact, some research shows that about 10 percent of stroke patients admitted experiencing early symptoms of whirling dizziness (vertigo).
The symptoms of vertigo include:
- dizziness
- lightheadedness
- a sense of floating, swinging
- cold sweat
- pale
- nausea and vomiting
- stagger when standing or walking
- nystagmus
7 Tips Natural Treatment for Vertigo
1. Do not panic, so the symptoms of vertigo attacks. Breathe deeply, close your eyes, and immediately tried to find a position that lets you lay down. If not possible, then immediately sat down.
2. Make sure you are in a safe position (holding hands). Wait a few minutes to make sure whether the vertigo attack is reduced / no.
3. If you feel nauseous and want to vomit, then immediately seek the help of those around you, to help you to the toilet. In some cases, after vomiting, vertigo complaint is to be reduced.
4. When can lay, maintain that position until the vertigo attack is reduced, or lost.
5. Open your eyes slowly, then try to tilt the body, or head to the left and to the right. If the maneuver is apparently vertigo attacks come back, then that means you should immediately close your eyes, or return to the original position.
6. When due process is rapidly diminishing peripheral vertigo, then immediately consult a neurologist.
7. If your home is available antivertigo drugs, then you can take the drug. Similarly, if your home is available anti-vomiting drugs, then you can take the medicine.
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