IS BENIGN PAROXYSMAL POSITIONAL VERTIGO ASSOCIATED WITH MIGRAINE IN WOMEN?
According to a report published in the July Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry, benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) may be the most common vestibular disorder and also may be linked to migraine in women. From a random telephone survey sample of 4,869 participants, Michael von Brevern, MD, and colleagues gathered data on 1,003 patients with a history of moderate or severe dizziness or vertigo who had undergone neurotological interviews. Of these participants, 243 (24%) had a history of vestibular vertigo, and 80 (8%) fulfilled diagnostic criteria for BPPV. The lifetime, one-year, and four-week prevalence rates of BPPV were 2.4%, 1.6%, and 0.7%, respectively; 3.2% of females and 1.6% of males had a lifetime prevalence of BPP. In addition, the one-year incidence of BPPV was 0.6%. Medical consultations for vertigo were reported in about 78% of persons with BPPV and hospital admissions for BPPV were reported in 6% of the participants. The median duration of an episod
