Ear fluid inbalance?

[Xellos2099]

Last night my mother complain of strong dizziness and we decided to go to the emergency room and it was determined it is caused by something moved inside the ear and it temporally caused Ear fluid inbalance and some medicine. There is only a week worth of medicine, is there any kind of countertop med for it?

 

[Humpy]

Motion or travel sickness medicine helps a little.

That dizziness from the otoliths, or whatever they are called, moving around in the ear f'ing sucks. It usually gets better on its own.

 

[Xellos2099]

She said whenever she get up from bed, it cause dizziness like her head is spinning around. Then after a bit she can move around but still some dizziness from walking or standing up. It got her worry so much she refuse to drive the car.

 

[Newfangle9]

Google vertigo, and home treatments for vertigo. I haven't had it for a few years now, but I used to get it from diving in cold ocean water during the winter. First time I ever had it scared the crap out of me until I found out what it was. I could stand up from bed and crash into the wall because my sense of balance was gone (fells like you're physically spinning around), I wouldn't drive a car until the symptoms clear up because it feels like my vision shifts too. I found a treatment at the Mayo clinic website ( i think) that worked pretty well. I can't remember details now, but you sit upright on the side of your bed, turn your head to one side and fall down on to the bed so many times each way. Shouldn't be hard to find it for details.

 

[SociallyChallenged]

She may want to consider doing vestibular rehab at a vestibular physical therapy place if that's the case. Medicine won't outright fix something like that. It doesn't only have to do with the otoliths, but with the connections of the brain to the vestibular system, the connections between brains centers, etc. It is something that can be rehabbed in some cases. Could be something as simple as BPPV (benign paroxysmal positional vertigo), which does very well with vestibular downtraining, otholith repositioning, etc.

 

[Humpy]

She said whenever she get up from bed, it cause dizziness like her head is spinning around. Then after a bit she can move around but still some dizziness from walking or standing up. It got her worry so much she refuse to drive the car.

I went through what sounds like the same thing a couple of years ago. Scary dizzy, was unexpectedly falling over hard, went to the ER, etc. The doctor didn't seem too concerned, mentioned something about BPPV, and sent me home.

I did nothing but take some OTC travel sickness pills and wait it out. After a week or so I could function pretty well if I was careful not to move my head around too fast. In a couple months I was 100% again. Hasn't happened since, thankfully.

Just my experience. I am not recommending anything.

 

[Xellos2099]

She can now walk around the house fine but she said that whenever she get up from bed or go lie down on bed it cause dizziness and she is still too scare to drive. Also she said that she is feeling tire all the time even through she is sleeping almost the whole day, felt like the one time she got a serious cold.

 

[Mr. Pedantic]

It's called BPPV. If you don't want to go to the doctor, do a search on YouTube for "Epley maneuvre", there are really good videos on there that will guide you through the technique of how to perform the procedure. It's really not that difficult and won't cause any damage even if you do it wrong.

I remember seeing the accuracy of the youtube videos analysed as part of a study on accuracy of patient information on the Internet, and the Epley maneuvre was very well described. The vast majority had correct technique and most had good recommendations about what to do if it doesn't work or cases where you should be concerned. In fact, in this case youtube may be more accurate than most doctors that don't read up on the literature or perform the procedure regularly.