A common and very frustrating problem that seems to affect
far too many aging boomers is something called benign positional vertigo, a
condition which comes on suddenly and leads to a sensation that everything
around you is spinning (that’s vertigo).
BPV is due to crystals that suddenly move into the organs
of balance in the inner ear.
Think of this as ear junk that like the young boys in
Fagin’s employ, changes lodgings.
But the great thing is that these crystals can be easily
dislodged again with a maneuver known as the Epley maneuver, which offers
immediate and very welcome relief, and there are dozens of videos on YouTube
showing how to do that maneuver.
So it’s nice to learn that a review of these videos by an
unbiased reviewer found that they’re very accurate and quite helpful for most
people.
Now vertigo can clearly be due to lots of other reasons
besides changing position so if the symptoms persist, it’s quite important to
rule out more serious conditions.
But as a first approach for most people with sudden onset
vertigo, it’s worth a quick view of a relevant video and an attempt to do that
maneuver.
