To view the remaining sections of this topic, please log in or purchase a subscription. The patient who has undergone ear surgery and experiences severe vertigo should be confined to bed for several days and then begin to gradually increase activity. The call bell should be available at all times tissues, water, and other supplies should be within easy reach and furniture and other obstacles should be removed from the path of ambulation. The patient should ambulate gradually after a slow, assisted move from a sitting position. Safety measures, such as the use of siderails in bed, are instituted. It may be caused by a variety of entities, including middle ear disease toxic conditions such as those caused by salicylates, alcohol, or streptomycin sunstroke postural hypotension or toxemia due to food poisoning or infectious diseases.Īssessment should include whether the patient experiences a sense of turning or whirling and its direction whether it is intermittent and the time of day it occurs whether it is associated with drugs, turning over in bed, occupation, or menses whether it is associated with nausea and vomiting or with nystagmus and migraine. You may sometimes feel nauseated or vomit when you.
Vertigo is sometimes inaccurately used as a synonym for dizziness, lightheadedness, or giddiness. If light-headedness gets worse, it can lead to a feeling of almost fainting or a fainting spell (syncope). The sensation of moving around in space (subjective vertigo) or of having objects move about the person (objective vertigo).
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