Senile vertigo

Senile dizziness usually manifests as dizziness, disturbance of balance, and imbalance. When the patient opened his eyes, he felt that he was spinning and shaking, just like riding a car or boat. Can not stand during the attack, accompanied by nausea, vomiting, tinnitus, sweating, bradycardia, and decreased blood pressure, such as symptoms of increased vagus nerve tension, usually last for several minutes to hours, and sometimes for several days as the inner ear vestibular system, visual system and When the proprioceptor of the joint is in place and the signal of the vestibular ganglion is asymmetric, the control center located in the cerebellum and cerebral cortex can produce vertigo. Central vertigo can often show ataxia, and the location of the disease can be judged according to the symptoms: damage to the corticospinal tract, weakness or complete paralysis that can cause voluntary movement of the limbs, and positive Babinski sign, accompanied by tonicity and folding knife Like cramps.

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