How To Prevent Vertigo Reoccurrences

One of the main frustrations for vertigo sufferers is that the condition often returns even after professional medical treatment.

A new study in the Journal of Neurology shows what makes us more vulnerable to a reoccurrence of vertigo and what we can do to prevent it.

Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) is the type of vertigo that results from the presence of clumped-together calcium carbonate crystals inside the semicircular canals of your inner ear, where they irritate the nerve hairs that send balance information to your brain.

It is normally triggered when you change the position of your head and causes a spinning sensation.

The typical treatment is a series of head movements that remove these clumps of calcium from the canals, but many scientists have discovered that this treatment is often temporary and needs to be repeated when the vertigo attacks reoccur.

The authors of this study wondered why this form of vertigo tends to reoccur and conducted a search through the published literature to find out.

They found 14 decent-quality studies with 3,060 BPPV sufferers.

From these studies, they concluded that the strongest predictors for vertigo reoccurrence are high blood pressure and type 2 diabetes, with each of them increasing our risk for reoccurrence by more than two-and-a-half times.

The next in line were osteoporosis, vitamin D deficiency, and high cholesterol, all of which are potentially preventable too through sufficient calcium intake, vitamin D supplements or direct sunlight and, once again, a good anti-inflammatory and otherwise healthy diet and physical exercise.

But if you want to cure your vertigo once and for all, do the easy home exercises explained here…