Can enlarged turbinates cause vertigo?

Enlarged turbinates do not usually cause vertigo, but they may cause dizziness and head swelling. Turbinate hypertrophy is a relatively common ear, nose, and throat disease and is a manifestation of chronic rhinitis. In addition, allergic rhinitis can also appear the phenomenon of turbinate hypertrophy, turbinate hypertrophy will cause different degrees of nasal congestion symptoms, if the degree of turbinate hypertrophy is more serious, it may cause snoring and open-mouth breathing during sleep, and even breath-holding, and dizziness and bloating will occur when there is a lack of oxygen. Vertigo may be caused by central vertigo and peripheral vertigo, etc. Central vertigo is mostly seen in people with chronic underlying diseases such as cerebral atherosclerosis and hypertension, and peripheral vertigo is vertigo caused by auricular diseases, commonly seen in Meniere’s disease, otolithiasis, vestibular neuronitis, and labyrinthine fistulae caused by otitis media, etc., which can lead to vertigo. Nasal turbinate hypertrophy patients generally does not lead to vertigo, if the patient has symptoms of vertigo, should be timely to the hospital for consultation, clear cause, according to the doctor’s guidance for standardized treatment.