Vertigo causes
VERTIGO causes:
-motion sickness, altitude sickness.
Peripheral VIII CN
* Meniere's dz, BPPV, vestibular neuronitis, acoustic neuroma, ototoxic drugs.
-cholesteatoma, middle ear trauma
-otitis media, otosclerosis, impacted cerumen,
*Head injury
- perilymphatic fistual s/p head inj.
Central Causes (Brainstem or Cerebellum)
- cerebellar tumors
- MS
* Vertebrobasilar insufficiency
- Infection: brain abscess, meningoencephalitis, Ramsay-Hunt syndrome, temporal-lobe epilepsy, cervical spondylitis,
- cardiac arrhythmias
- Guanethedine, dilantin, neomycin, furosemide, salicylates, quinine, aminoglycosides, vancomycin, minocycline.