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Question 1

What is benign positional vertigo?

Answer 1

vertigo participated by head movements that lasts seconds-minutes
Caused by loose otoliths in semicircular canals cause abnormal movement of endolymph within canal

Question 2

What are some causes of vertigo?

Answer 2

labyrinthitis, BPPV, migraine, Meniere’s disease, acoustic neuroma, vestibular failure/insufficiency, MS, head injury, inner ear syphilis, verebrobasilar insufficiency, TIA/stroke, postural hypotension

Question 3

What is vestibular neuronitis?

Answer 3

sudden attack of vertigo caused by inflammation of vestibular nerve

Question 4

How do you treat benign paroxysmal positional vertigo?

Answer 4

Epley manoevres

Question 5

What are the two types of vertigo?

Answer 5

Peripheral/vestibular - severe, N&V, hearing loss, tinnitus, nystagmus (hor)
Central - less severe, nystagmus could horizontal or vertical

Question 6

What are some drugs that can cause vertigo?

Answer 6

gentamicin, diuretics, co-trimoxazole, metronidaole

Question 7

What is sinusitis?

Answer 7

inflammation of paranasal sinuses, usually viral

- acute or chronic, can be allergic

Question 8

What are some complications of sinusitis?

Answer 8

draining orifice can be blocked by swollen mucosa which can lead to abscess, cranial osteomyelitis, meningitis

Question 9

What are acoustic neuromas?

Answer 9

tumour derived from schwann cells of vestibular branch of 8th cranial nerve
- more common in adults and females

Question 10

What symptoms can acoustic neuromas cause?

Answer 10

vertigo, hearing changes

Question 11

How do you treat gingivitis?

Answer 11

metronidazole