An Amazing Disease – Otolithiasis

In the clinic, there are many patients who repeatedly appear in a certain position will cause severe dizziness, they feel heavenly, sometimes accompanied by nausea, vomiting. When the position is adjusted, the dizziness will get better. And will recur, many seek treatment, the application of many drugs, but the effect is poor, and finally to the ENT diagnosis for “otolithosis”. In fact, “otolithosis” is a common name for this disease, and its real name is “benign positional vertigo”. “Otolithiasis is an amazing disease. There are several reasons why it is amazing: First, the symptoms are amazing. This disease attacks the vertigo is intense, but also disappears quickly. Not in the triggering position, and then the symptoms disappeared. Otolithiasis is characterized by transient rotational vertigo that occurs when the patient’s head is turned to a certain position and lasts for less than a minute. This is most commonly seen when sitting up from bed, lying down, turning from side to side, bending over, and raising the head. Second, the treatment is magical. Otolithosis is mainly treated by applying the otolith reset method. This method can cure otolithiasis without injections or medicines, just by letting the patient turn his body and head, which is called miraculous. The patients will think that it is a miraculous method to cure their long suffering disease. In fact, although many patients think that “otolithiasis” is very magical, but in fact it is a very common disease. It’s just that the original patients and some medical workers do not have a deep understanding of it, which leads to the feeling of magic. What are the causes of otolithiasis? The cause of otolithiasis is related to the detachment of otoliths from the vestibular system. The cause of otolith detachment is not clear, may be related to old age, debatable round scruples (9) where the carrots of thirst straw robin (18) otitis and other factors. The human inner ear has two functions: it is responsible for hearing and maintaining balance. The oval and spherical sacs in the inner ear have saccule spots on them, and their surfaces are studded with many diamond-like calcium carbonate crystals, commonly known as otoliths. When some factor causes the otolith to fall out, it floats around in the inner ear like sand and dust. If it drifts into the semicircular canals, it can affect the body’s ability to balance and cause vertigo. “The diagnosis of otolithiasis is very simple. The most common form of otolithiasis in the posterior semicircular canals can be diagnosed by applying the Dix-Hallpike test. The method is so simple that you can do it yourself. You can sit on the bed with your head tilted 45 degrees to the side, then quickly lie down with your head hanging slightly out of the bed, and if you experience severe vertigo. Then you are “otolithosis”. Then you do not wait, quickly come to the hospital ENT department for otolith reset.