Dizziness is common complaints that people seek medical attention for. It is listed as one of the top ten symptoms evaluated by primary care providers. To determine the cause of dizziness requires a detailed and careful history and physical examination, with a particular focus on the otolaryngological aspects. A differential diagnosis can be generated from the initial evaluation that can be fur...

PURPOSE To investigate whether patients with vestibular migraine (VM) are more susceptible to carsickness than patients with non-vestibular migraine (NVM) or Meniere's disease (MD). METHODS Consecutive patients with a diagnosis of definite VM, probable VM, NVM, or MD at our Headache and Dizziness clinics were interviewed using the same three questions to investigate the history of carsickness...

Background: Currently there are several treatment plans for prophylaxis of vestibular migraine, but these treatments based on physician's observations and have not been studied a consensual plan. Objective: Based diagnostic criteria, we collected migraine patients created an individualized plan 3 months to interpret results. Methods: In this prospective cross-sectional study, 28 with headache d...

The migraine--a benign paroxysmal vertigo of childhood complex is the most frequent etiology of pediatric dizziness, with an incidence of 34.7%. We present a series of 34 children in whom this entity was diagnosed. We describe the most important characteristics and discuss the possible etiological factors. We review the theories about a common pathophysiological origin for migraine, benign paro...

Vestibular migraine (VM) is a common disorder in which genetic, epigenetic, and environmental factors probably contribute to its development. The pathophysiology of VM is unknown; nevertheless in the last few years, several studies are contributing to understand the neurophysiological pathways involved in VM. The current hypotheses are mostly based on the knowledge of migraine itself. The evide...

Objective Vestibular migraine (VM) is a diagnostic challenge. Visually enhanced vestibulo-ocular reflex (VVOR) gain, measure of the visual–vestibular interaction, has been proposed as tool for diagnosing VM. This study seeks to evaluate VVOR gain's capability predict VM and compare phenotypes vestibular patients with elevated versus normal/low gain. Methods A retrospective review consecutive ad...