Just a Dizzy Dame Type Question....HeeHee

[nurturing_angel]

Does anyone know anything about vertigo caused by diabetic damage to nerves in the head and ears? Can anyone point me to a website with useful information regarding this?

Let me point out that I am not looking for medical advise. I have enough doctors giving that already...heeheehee. This condition is somewhat new to me and I am just trying to learn as much as possible about it. My cardiologist gave me a couple of possible names to associate it with since I do not have a diagnosis set in stone until I go through a bunch of exams with ENT's and Neurologists in a few weeks. The only one I can remember off hand is Vestibular Neuronitis I believe. I believe another one was something similar to positional vertigo but I don't have my notebook right here in front of me so I can't remember exactly. Can anyone point me in the direction of useful info?

Thanks alot,

[nurturing_angel]

No help from anywhere? Hmmmmm?

[sirI, MSN, APRN, NP]

I've never seen either dx associated with diabetic issues as directly related.

Here are a few links:

http://www.emedicine.com/EMERG/topic637.htm

http://www.vestibular.org/vestibular-disorders/specific-disorders/labyrinthitisvest-neuritis.php

http://www.emedicinehealth.com/benign_positional_vertigo/article_em.htm

http://www.emedicine.com/emerg/topic57.htm

Please stay in close contact with your HCP. Hope you soon receive a clear-cut dx.

Good luck.

[morte, LPN, LVN]

check your pm's please! good luck

[llg, PhD, RN]

For tips on how to deal with chronic vertigo on a daily you might want to explore the literature on hearing loss and/or Meniere's Disease. While the cause of your balance problems might be different, the day-to-day coping mechanisms used by people with balance deficits from other causes might be helpful to you.