For those readers following my medical follies, vertigo with nystagmus is what sent me to the doctor and then the emergency room yesterday afternoon for a few hours. That was after sleeping almost all day and an evening of being dizzy and throwing up. Yuck.
http://www.med.nyu.edu/patientcare/library/article.html?ChunkIID=11471
Most cases of vertigo occur with nystagmus, an abnormal, rhythmic, jerking eye movement. Other symptoms depend on the condition causing the vertigo.
also see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertigo_(medical)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nystagmus
They did a cat scan at the hospital and ruled out a brain tumor … that’s good! Oh and they asked if there was any possibility I’m pregnant before putting me under radiation. I said no chance and didn’t go into the sillyness of when I was given a pregnancy test when I was there for a seizure the last time.
Today I’m still dizzy and have an earache. Fuzzy visual focus makes it slower to do anything on this machine, but I’m bored if I just sit here, and I can’t sleep all the time.
I also get attacks of vertigo Gabi. I am unable to walk on occasions when it’s a bad episode, thankfully not that often. Thinking of you and wishing you well. E x