Otolithiasis is not a precursor to cerebral infarction.
Otolithiasis and cerebral infarction are two completely different diseases, otolithiasis is the most common peripheral vestibular disease, manifested as transient vertigo and characteristic nystagmus when the head moves to a particular position, about half of the patients with unknown causes, belonging to the idiopathic otolithiasis, and secondary common causes are head trauma and vestibular neuritis.
Cerebral infarction, on the other hand, is a common cerebrovascular disease with ischemic necrosis or softening of confined brain tissue caused by impaired circulation, ischemia, and hypoxia in the brain, with the three most prominent causes being atherosclerosis of the large arteries, cardiogenic embolism, and occlusion of the small arteries.
In summary, otolithiasis is not generally considered to be related to the precursor of cerebral infarction, but some of the symptoms of otolithiasis and cerebral infarction symptoms overlap, and need to be evaluated according to the specific condition, clinical comorbidities, neurological examination and other comprehensive assessment, and if there is a suspicion of otolithiasis symptoms need to be followed by the doctor’s instructions to go to the hospital for treatment.