I've been googling and wondered if anyone had any advice?
DP has been having episodes of very short lived, sudden-onset vertigo for the past seven months. In the past month they've increased in frequency and are almost a daily occurrence. There is no warning at all. One minute she's fine, the next she feels as if the world has been tipped upside down. The vertigo sometimes causes her to fall over or to grab hold of any solid surface nearby. The attacks last seconds (perhaps three seconds).
The GP has ruled out benign positional vertigo as the attacks don't appear to be triggered by any particular position. It seems, therefore, unlikely to be an inner ear problem.
The GP wants to refer her to a neurologist. I am scaring myself stupid and reading about potential problems with the brain stem. So far it seems, from my reading, that it may be a tumour or something like MS.
DP has no other symptoms and is generally extremely healthy.
Has anyone had this before and can anyone shed any light? Is the neurologist likely to order a brain scan? If it was a tumour, would it be unusual not to have additional symptoms?
Any help most appreciated.
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Vertigo - possibly sinister reasons behind it?
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FreckledLeopard · 23/07/2015 14:59
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