Could Vinpocetine Be Helpful for Vertigo?
Q Yesterday I was hit by a serious attack of vertigo, which is still affecting me; it has not gone away. I have no other symptoms except nausea, presumably caused by the vertigo. I’ve never had anything like this before. My guess is that it’s an inner ear disturbance of some kind. Are there any nutrients that might be helpful? JAMES, Santa Rosa, CA A Vertigo is the highly disorienting sensation that your surroundings are spinning (contrary to common belief, it is not the same as dizziness, which does not entail the whirling feelings). Vertigo is usually accompanied by nausea or upset stomach. It is most often caused by labyrinthitis, an inflammation of the inner ear that usually disappears spontaneously in about a week, although it can last for a month or more. Vertigo also commonly occurs as a condition known as benign positional vertigo, which is caused by an obstruction (usually temporary) in one of the semicircular canals in the labyrinth. But there are other causes of vertigo too,
