The dizzy older person Flashcards by Hannah Wilkinson

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What is vertigo?

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What is pre-syncope?

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What are the key inputs to balance?

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What is the integration of balance?.

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What are the key outputs of balance?

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Which part of the ear is important in vestibular function?

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Semi-circular canals

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Hair cells in the ears connect with which nerve?

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Vestibular

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What is the sensory pathway of balance?

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What problems can you get in increasing age that affect balance?

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How does the balance pathway change with age?

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what examinations would you do in a dizzy patient?

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What is peripheral vestibular dysfunction?

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What central nervous system causes are there of dizziness?

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What are some causes of pre-syncope?

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What are the acute causes of vertigo?

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What are the sub-acute/chronic causes of vertigo?

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What is BPPV?

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What manoeuvre can you do to test for vertigo?

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Dix-Hallpike

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Which manoeuvre can treat vertigo?

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Epley

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What is meniere’s disease?

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What is labyrinthitis and vestibular neuritis?

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If vertigo is worsening but not precipitated by head movement, what could the cause be?

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Labyrinthitis or vestibular neuritis

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How is labyrinthitis or vestibular neuritis treated?

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Symptomatically.
Symptoms usually subside after a few weeks

What is a vestibular migraine?

Difference between vestibular and central vertigo?

What is Multisensory dysequilibrium?

What is vestibular rehabilitation?

What vestibular exercises are there?

Which drugs can be given for acute vertigo?

Which drug can be given for meniere's disease?