Vertigo and nausea may be caused by otolithiasis, Meniere’s disease, vestibular neuronitis, motion sickness, etc. Drugs or surgical treatments should be applied according to the cause of the disease, and there is no such thing as “the easiest way to recover”.
1. Otolithiasis: benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, vertigo mostly occurs briefly when changing position from lying to sitting, sitting to standing, or when the head is in a particular position, and can be accompanied by nausea, vomiting and other symptoms. When the onset of attention to quiet rest, avoid activities, and otolith reset, the application of iproniazine, betahistine and other drugs to relieve symptoms.
2. Ménière’s disease: due to the accumulation of water in the labyrinth of the inner eardrum leading to abnormal proprioception, so there will be vertigo, nausea, mostly accompanied by ear stuffiness, hearing loss and other symptoms. It can be treated with diazepam, benadryl, betahistine, amphotericin and so on, and endolymphatic sac surgery and other treatments are feasible when necessary.
3. Vestibular neuronitis: acute inflammatory lesions of vestibular neurons caused by viral and bacterial infections or local blood circulation disorders lead to vestibular nerve dysfunction, resulting in vertigo and nausea, which can be treated with scopolamine, methylprednisolone, ganciclovir and other drugs.
4. Motion sickness: mainly when traveling by car, boat and other situations, the visual information felt by the eyes and the vestibular nerve proprioceptive positional sensory information conflict, the brain receives the conflicting signals to produce vertigo and nausea and other symptoms. When the attack quickly close the eyes to rest, and take Benadryl, Flunarizine and other drugs to treat.
Vertigo and nausea may be related to a variety of factors, it is recommended to consult a doctor to clarify the diagnosis, under the guidance of a physician to use medication.