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KMID : 1189420030160010214
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Journal of Korean Oriental Medical Ophthalmology & Otolaryngology & Dermatology
2003 Volume.16 No. 1 p.214 ~ p.219
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A clinical review of Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo Patient-1 case
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Kim Sung-Bum
Sim Sung-Yong
Kim Kyung-Jun
Nam Hae-Jeong
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Abstract
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Vertigo is one of the common symptoms that we can see often clinically. It is hallucination to motion of oneself or surroundings. Vertigo include not only simple whirling sensation but also leaning or falling down sensation. Particularly in benign paroxysmal positional vertigo(BPPV), the principal symptom is dizziness and accompanied by nausea, lightheadness, vomiting. They are induced by positional change which like shake ones head or lay down or turn over in one' s sleep. Cause of BPPV is otoconium fragments which are released from inner ear and stimulate ampulla of semicircular canal. So in treatment BPPV, we often using the Dix-hallpike maneuver that realignment otoconium fragments. A case of vertigo patient suggested BPPV who is diagnosed oriental medically as weakly dizziness showed prominent improvement by medicate Bojungikgi-tang and operate otoconium-realignmentation (improved Dix-hallpike maneuver) maneuver so we reported.
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KEYWORD
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Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo , Dix-hallpike maneuver
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