Vertigo is the main symptom caused by a disturbance in the semicircular canal of the inner ear or the vestibular nuclei of the brainstem.
Not to be confused with dizziness, vertigo may be differentiated: in subjective vertigo were there is a sensation of one's body is rotating in space; and objective vertigo were there is a sensation that objects are spinning around the body. This symptom -vertigo- must be distinguished from non-vestibular causes, such as: Alteration of the central nervous system, motor unbalances, loss of muscular strength and syncope.
The vertigo that results out of vestibular diseases is usually sudden and can be of such severity that people are incapable of walking or standing up (autonomic disturbance). In those cases it is generally accompanied with nausea and vomits. Tinnitus (noise in the ear) and diminished or loss of hearing may also be present, in which case they provide clinical support for a vestibular origin vertigo diagnosis. The vertiginous syndrome of peripheric origin (vestibular) may be due to:
- Meniere's syndrome
- Labyrinthine vertigo
- Benign positional vertigo
- Vestibular neuronitis
- Traumatic vertigo
- Perilymphatic fistula
- Cervical vertigo
- Migraine vertigo
The vertiginous syndrome of a central nervous system origin includes:
- Cerebro-vascular disease
- Arterial-venous malformation
- Tumors or lesions at the brain level
- Multiple sclerosis
The conventional symptomatic treatment seeks to reduce the sensation of a lack of equilibrium and/or excess movement. Among the group of medicines used to alleviate the symptomatology can be found benzodiazepines and antihistamines, although escopolamine has also been used.
Another action employed is the rest in bed, which can reduce the severity of the symptom and obviously diminish the risk of falls and possible complications.
Medical literature talks about symptomatic treatment, however conventional treatments may produce secondary or side effects such as sedation, reason for which when these pharmaceuticals are taken the patient has 2 problems: the instability that this symptom produces (which in many cases produces limitation and incapacity) added to the somnolence it produces.
With the application of Systemic Medicine, which uses a treatment protocol that increases the levels of Energy, Bio-Intelligence, Structure and organic function we have been able to obtain: clinical improvement or disappearance of vertigo in 92.8% of the patients: improvement of quality of life in 99% of patients with excellent tolerance to the treatment.
Among the adaptogens used to treat this disorder were: Panax ginseng , Ginkgo biloba y Zingiber officinalis (Ginger) .
Results were obtained very fast way, even in patients which suffered chronic vertigo.
To conclude, vertigo corresponds to a syndrome that is resolved with a high effectively by Systemic Medicine, without secondary effects.
