Interesting Facts

Interesting data that I found from various studies:
▪ "Over 90 million Americans, age 17 and older, have experienced a dizziness or balance problem."
▪ "A majority of individuals over 70 years of age report problems of dizziness and imbalance, and balance-related falls account for more than one-half of the accidental deaths in the elderly. . . . Furthermore, in a sample of persons age 65-75, one-third reported that dizziness and imbalance degraded the quality of their lives."
▪ Dizziness is a common symptom affecting about 30% of people over the age of 65.

stats

There are no statistics available about vertigo, but I did find some similar info on a web site...

Informal survey of activity at the Vestibular Disorders Association (VEDA)
▪ During January–November 2005, 65,000 people per month asked VEDA for information via our Web site, e-mail, fax, phone, and mail. This climbed from 50,000 requests per month during 2003.
▪ 13,000 requests per month are made for our Resource Lists of physicians, physical therapists, and audiologists who specialize in vestibular disorders (2003–2005).
▪ The most frequently requested information was about obtaining proper diagnosis and treatment (2003–2005).
▪ During January–November 2005, the most frequently requested diagnosis topics were labyrinthitis, Meniere's disease and endolymphatic hydrops, benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV), and ototoxicity.

for my friend and others

A friend asked me what caused vertigo. I went out to search more information and found this:
"Vertigo has many causes. You may have this type of dizziness because you have small calcium deposits in your inner ear. You may have vertigo because of swelling or fluid in your inner ear. Vertigo may happen if you have migraine headaches or an anxiety disorder. Rarely, vertigo is caused by poor blood flow or a tumor."
I posted it on this blog in case someone else has the same question my friend had.

test

test