What is labyrinthitis? It is an illness that is sometimes used interchangeably with Vestibular Neuritis. The first thing you probably want to understand when you have this illness is…
“What the heck is wrong with me?”
Well, if your dizziness is caused by an inner ear infection which some experts say is the cause in like 95% of the cases here is what is going on with you…
There is either one of 2 parts in your inner ear that is infected, meaning inflamed or irritated…something is wrong with this part.
What is labyrinthitis? Technically it is an inflammation of the labyrinth in the inner ear. “itis” meaning inflammation and labyrinth are little canals in your inner ear that help with balance.
Now, an inner ear infection is not a middle ear infection like a lot of children get. That is the part right behind the eardrum and it fills fills fluid, and the area becomes red and sometimes throbs…and it can be very uncomfortable.
It usually goes away on it’s own although antibiotics are prescribed in case the cause is a bacteria.
Anyway…your problem is different…it is in the inner ear.
That is closer to your brain and deals with nerves and impulses that are sent to your brain.
This problem causes bad signals to be sent to your brain.
Your brain maintains balance from different signals it gets from parts of your body. Most of your balance is controlled by your vestibular system…which is…
…between your ears for the most part.
When 1 part of this system gets screwed up it throws things out of whack…and that is what’s happening with you.
A signal is being sent to your brain that is out of whack…your brain is interpreting this signal as movement…but your body isn’t going anywhere.
Thus…you feel dizzy.
So, you probably will ask 1 of 2 questions next…
“What caused this?”
“How do I get rid of it?”
Well let’s take the cause first.
Since this is an illness that many doctors really do not fully understand, there is a debate on what is the real cause…
However, most people think it is caused by a virus.
It could, supposedly, in extremely rare cases be caused by a bacteria (so they say)
“What about stress? Could that bring it on?” you may ask.
Well, you know what, nobody knows for sure, but it is most likely that stress weakens your bodies defenses to fight off diseases.
So, if you look at it that way, stress could have weakened your body to let a virus take hold and cause this.
Now, what this really means is…nobody is completely sure what causes this. Some people think it is the same virus that causes herpes…ya see, so it is very up in the air as to the specific cause…or the specific reason why your inner ear, either the nerve or labyrinth became inflamed.
Now…the other question…
“How do I get rid of it?”
Well, there is no pill. Some people think changing your diet helps and there are exercises that your doctor can recommend that will help your brain compensate for the dizzy symptoms you are experiencing.
I created a program that I followed that help me get over labyrinthtis. I compiled the program into an e-book that you can see here.
Labyrinthitis, when you tell this word to most people, they will probably ask you to repeat it because they have never heard of it. But, at least you know what labyrinthitis is now.
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