PREGNANCY-BIRTH Messages for July, 2001: Re: 33 weeks---still have vetigo for month now

Re: 33 weeks---still have vetigo for month now

From: want (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 24 Jul 2001 20:06:26 -0500 (CDT)

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I had this too and the ent was going to do treatment......then one day I woke up and it was gone. I don't thinkit was really vertigo my ob said it could have been hormones or maybe blood sugar levels...have you tested for that yet???

At Tue, 24 Jul 2001, William McIntosh, MD wrote: >
>At Tue, 24 Jul 2001, Wendy wrote:
>>
>>I wrote almost a month ago regarding waking up with vertigo that stays
>>with me the entire day. Over the course of the month, the nausea has
>>decreased but I still have the vertigo on a consistent basis. It is
>>quite debilitating--I can't drive or really leave the house. I feel
>>"sick" most days. Saw and ENT and had an ENG test for nystagmus. Had
>>the nystagmus which confirmed inner ear problem rather than brain. Good
>>news. Still---no real explanation as to why this has happened or when
>>it will go away. Mixed messages regarding whether this is a calcium
>>crystal issue or whether it is caused by increasing fluids of pregnancy.
>>I guess I want to know if other pregnant women experience this and if I
>>will just have to deal with it for the next 7 weeks or if it will
>>self-improve? Then there is a part of me that is scared it will be with
>>me after the baby is born. A very scary thought. I may have the Epley
>>maneuver done at my next ENT visit--but I don't have my hopes up for a
>>recovery since this really could be do to the pregnacy and fluids. I
>>guess I'm just discouraged because I feel so sick every day. Any
>>information would be greatly appreciated. Wendy
>
>In my experience, this situation is almost always from the pregnancy
>itself, and resolves with the postpartum fluid shifts (though this can
>take a few weeks from delivery).
>
>--
>William D. McIntosh, MD, FACOG
>
>This is for educational purposes only, and is not a substitute
>for consultation and examination by a licensed medical professional.
>

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