Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, San Diego; Attending Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York The most ...

Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo is characterized by recurrence, which exposes patients to repeated vertigo attacks. Vitamin D deficiency has been found to be a risk factor in benign paroxysmal ...

May 30, 2008 — The American Academy of Neurology's Quality Standards Subcommittee has released a new practice parameter to guide the treatment of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV). After ...

Benign positional vertigo (BPV) is the most common cause of vertigo, the sensation of spinning or swaying. It causes a sudden sensation of spinning, or like your head is spinning from the inside. You ...

Benign means it's not very serious. Your life is not in danger. Paroxysmal means that it hits suddenly, lasts a short time, and comes and goes. Positional means you trigger the vertigo with certain ...

Objective The purpose of this pilot project was to explore the clinical presentation of benign positional vertigo (BPV) in patients with mild or moderate traumatic brain injury (TBI) and to determine ...

Like the off-balance characters in Hitchcock's "Vertigo" (remember that spinning spiral graphic?), people who get hit with benign positional vertigo can't be sure of what's up -- or what's down. And ...

Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, or BPPV, is a common cause of vertigo. BPPV occurs when crystals move from one part of the inner ear to another, disrupting signals to the brain. When a person ...