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My husband (47-year-old healthy, athletic, just had a physical and all was well) is experiencing severe vertigo for the first time and I have a few questions. He was getting out of bed in the middle of the night and the room was spinning and he felt like he was going to throw up. He was unable to even sit up for about 5 hours. Now he is able to carefully sit up and go to the bathroom, but has a terrible headache behind his left eye and feels fatigued and unsteady. He also has a little fullness in one ear. I have experienced vertigo before and mine is benign positional vertigo, so I know a bit about it. He has never experienced it before, though, and we are trying to figure out what caused it and how to help him get better. He thinks he is dehydrated and has been drinking lots of water. I wanted to know if it could be viral, caused by dehydration, caused by movement out of bed? We slept on a much lower mattress (on the floor) last night -- is there any way that could contribute to this? Thanks in advance for your help. He seems to be getting better, but we're wondering if he needs to see a doctor.
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ENT Specialist
Hello,
Thank you for posting your query at DoctorSpring.com
Your husband is suffering from spinning sensation/ vertigo. it is associated with positional changes.
He has aural fullness and headache also.
Most likely the diagnosis is benign paroxysmal positional vertigo(BPPV) only. It is definitely not
related to dehydration or mattress height.
so to get treated BPPV first it has to confirmed by postional test(dix halpike maneuver) and if
positive it can be treated with epley's maneuver, for this you can visit local ENT specialist. he can
examined left ear also.
Other investigations can help are audiogram (hearing test) and CT Brain plain to rule out other
possibilities.
Hope this helps
Best regards