BPPV
Medgeeks with Andrew Reid
Medgeeks
4.8 • 997 Ratings
🗓️ 20 February 2023
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV), is one of the most common causes of vertigo. Vertigo is the spinning sensation one might experience suddenly.
In this episode, Dr. Niket Sonpal will explain the different causes of vertigo. He will also discuss the different diagnostic tests, the management steps to take and then the treatments that will help keep the room still for your patients.
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| 0:25.0 | Now last night I went to go see Ant Man in the Wasp Quantimania and this is the first entry of phase five of the Marvel Cinematic universe and don't worry you are in the correct podcast this is med geeks and after coming out of the film I was left a bit dizzy the plot was stale or the film itself was rather predictable or the hero pretty much just lost everything that made the Ant Man movie special, probably in sacrifice of the greater Marvel Machine, which you do know I do love. |
| 0:27.3 | And yes, movies can change greatly in terms of tone, ambition, and quality, but this one was |
| 0:32.0 | disappointing to the point where I will say it |
| 0:33.8 | left me dizzy but not because of flashing lights and the excessive CGI it left me |
| 0:38.5 | dizzy for all the aforementioned reasons and then I started wondering about |
| 0:41.8 | vertical and ironically vertigo is a marvel reasons. And then I started wondering about Vertigo. And ironically, |
| 0:44.0 | Vertigo is a Marvel character. But what I do want to go into is the idea of Vertigo. |
| 0:48.5 | There are so many causes of Vertigo and so many of our patients suffer |
| 0:52.2 | from different types of Vertigo and then I started thinking |
| 0:54.6 | about benign positional paroxysmal vertigo or some people call it benign paroxysmal positional |
| 0:59.9 | vertigo I think the peas are pretty much interchangeable and yes there are a lot of causes of |
| 1:03.7 | underlying issues that can lead to a person having the sensation of movement or surrounding |
| 1:08.2 | around them and so therefore ladies and gentlemen welcome to this week's podcast |
| 1:11.3 | but we're not going to be talking about ant man but I can tell you I can get my motivations from the strangest things and aren't you lucky that AMC theaters help me get the motivation to tell you about BPPV? |
| 1:22.0 | I'm Dr. Nakeet'sSlon-Paul your friendly neighborhood intern |
| 1:24.2 | escastrantroologist and let's jump into this week's episode. Now Vertigo is the condition in which a person has the sensation of movement or surrounding objects are moving when they are actually not. |
| 1:47.0 | It can feel like spinning or a swaying movement, and the patients may tell you they feel nauseated, they may vomit, sweat, or have difficulty walking. |
| 1:55.0 | It's typically worse when the head is moved or from standing from a seated position. |
| 1:59.0 | It's worse in the mornings. |
| 2:00.5 | And the most important thing for you to remember is that Vertigo is the most common cause of dizziness. |
| 2:04.5 | But Vertigo itself is a symptom of a lot of underlying causes or differentials. |
| 2:09.4 | The most common disorders that result in Vertigo are the ones we mentioned just before, benign peroxysmal positional |
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