Chronic Dizziness and Anxiety
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Chronic subjective dizziness.
PURPOSE OF REVIEW In 1986, the German neurologists Thomas Brandt and Marianne Dieterich described a syndrome of phobic postural vertigo (PPV) based on clinical observations of patients with nonvertiginous dizziness that could not be explained by then-known neuro-otologic disorders. Subsequent research by an American team led by Jeffrey Staab and Michael Ruckenstein confirmed the core physical s...
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CONCLUSION Chronic subjective dizziness (CSD) is frequent and affects twice as many women as men. Anxiety is a strong predisposing factor. The pathophysiologic concept of this disorder assumes that balance function and emotion share common neurologic pathways, which might explain that the balance disorder can provoke fear and vice versa, giving rise to a problem in perception of space and motio...
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the hypothesis that the efficacy of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) for chronic subjective dizziness (CSD) and anxiety depends on the longitudinal pattern of the patients' symptoms. DESIGN Prospective cohort study. SETTING Tertiary care, multidisciplinary, balance center. PATIENTS Eighty-eight consecutive patients treated with an SSRI for CSD and a...
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INTRODUCTION Dizziness is one of the most prevalent symptoms in the elderly. Anxiety and depression are common in dizzy adult patients, but there is scarce information about comorbidity between vestibular disturbances and psychiatric disorders in the aged. OBJECTIVE To assess the prevalence of anxiety and depression disorders in elderly with chronic dizziness of vestibular origin. METHODS T...
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DS, an 85year-old woman, complains of intermittent dizziness, and three falls over 6 months. She lives with her son, who witnessed the falls, which occurred in the home. There has been no loss of consciousness or serious injury. She has hypertension, coronary artery disease, mild bilateral cataracts, chronic backache, diabetes mellitus, impaired hearing, and mild cognitive impairment. She has b...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0886-4470
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.131.8.675