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To be clear, it is very unlikely that this is the cause of your vertigo. <\/p>\nTo be clear, it is very unlikely that this is the cause of your vertigo. <\/p>\n
But a new study published in the journal The Laryngoscope<\/em> reveals it is on the rise and it does lead to hearing loss and vertigo.<\/p>\n Syphilis may sound like a disease from the middle ages, but it has actually been making a come-back in developed countries since 2005. While the reasons for this comeback is not entirely obvious, it might be related to all the antibiotics in our animal-derived foods.<\/p>\n One form of syphilis is called otosyphilis and that\u2019s the form that\u2019s most likely to cause vertigo.<\/p>\n Patients who met the diagnostic criteria of otosyphilis, as defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, were identified.<\/p>\n All of them were male, 75 percent of them were homosexual, and 67 percent tested positive for AIDS. They had an average age of 48.<\/p>\n 58 percent had been diagnosed with hearing loss in both ears, 17 percent with hearing loss in one ear, and 25 percent had fluctuating hearing loss.<\/p>\n 75 percent of them had tinnitus and 17 percent had vertigo.<\/p>\n The point of this study was to encourage people with vertigo, tinnitus, or hearing loss, and for people whose vertigo seems difficult to diagnose or treat to ask for a blood test for syphilis.<\/p>\n But obviously, it\u2019s very (VERY) unlikely that your vertigo is caused by syphilis.<\/p>\n