For people suffering from recurring dizziness
Everything you need to know about treating and preventing vertigo!

The number of people who go to the hospital for dizziness but cannot find the cause and continue to suffer from dizziness that has become a part of their daily lives is increasing.
Is it true that there is no clear cause or treatment for dizziness? To this question, the book's author, Dr. Jaehyun Park, a neurologist with 17 years of experience, firmly answers, "No."
If you go to the hospital but can't find the cause, take medication but don't get better, and receive treatment for BPPV but still feel dizzy, the author says there's a hidden 'real cause and solution' to your dizziness.
And the author explains it in detail in the book by classifying it into different types of dizziness.


The cause of dizziness may simply be benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) or stress, but in fact, there are more causes of dizziness than you might imagine, and it is often difficult to find them without checking the patient's symptoms very carefully.
The author also says that dizziness cannot be solved with medication alone, and that it is most important to correct fundamental lifestyle habits.
So, anyone who is currently suffering from dizziness, or is okay now but is afraid of dizziness coming back, will find a way to escape from this annoying dizziness through this book.

Most people think that dizziness is an 'ear problem', but it is actually a problem between the ears and the brain.
Therefore, a complete solution is only possible by comprehensively examining brain function, nerve control, and lifestyle habits.
Therefore, doctors should consider the patient's overall life, try to eliminate the fear of dizziness, and provide good guidance on how to deal with it if it reoccurs.
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Dizziness is an uncomfortable symptom that everyone has experienced at least once.
However, rather than vaguely saying "I feel dizzy," being specific about how you feel dizzy can be a great help in finding the cause of your dizziness.
At first, people often say, “I just feel dizzy.”
But if you talk about it in detail, you can see that the dizziness each person feels is slightly different.
Some people say the world feels like it's spinning, some say they stumble when they walk, and some say their vision feels dizzy.
Dizziness: 'round and round', 'staggering', 'dizzy', 'hazy'.
In this way, dizziness can be broadly divided into four types, and each type has common causes.
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If you feel dizzy and like the world is spinning when you suddenly move, and it gets better after 1-2 minutes, you may have benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV).
At this time, to diagnose BPPV more accurately and to find the location of the problematic semicircular canal, it is necessary to turn the head along the direction of the semicircular canal.
When the otolith rolls inside the semicircular canal, dizziness and eye twitching (called 'nystagmus' in medical terms) occur.
By determining which direction your eye twitching is most severe, you can diagnose BPPV and even determine which semicircular canal is affected.
Once you know the location, you can also treat it yourself with the 'otolith correction exercise'.
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Meniere's disease can recur at any time and requires ongoing management.
Because complete prevention is difficult with medication alone, it is very important to adhere to the following lifestyle guidelines.

Lifestyle tips for treating Meniere's disease
· Low-salt diet: Less than 2g of sodium (5g of salt) per day
· Drink plenty of water: Drink 1.5 to 2.5 liters of water per day (35 mL per 1 kg of body weight)
· Avoid caffeine: If you really want to drink it, drink decaffeinated coffee no more than twice a week.
· Avoid processed foods and wheat products containing gluten (risk of worsening inflammation)
· Regular meals
· Get ​​enough sleep
· Stress management
· Regular exercise

A low-salt diet is particularly important, which is what sets it apart from other dizziness prevention tips.
Just like how your body swells the day after eating ramen, salt is the main cause of edema.
One tablespoon (10g) of soy sauce contains about 1.6~2g of salt, so to consume less than 5g of salt per day, you should minimize seasoning during cooking and be careful about salty foods.
To prevent earwax, limit salt intake and drink plenty of fluids.
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The best way to reduce dizziness is through dizziness rehabilitation exercises.
It's effective and safe, so if you're experiencing dizziness, you should start right away.
Dizziness rehabilitation exercises treat and prevent dizziness by developing vestibular, equilibrium, and brain functions in a balanced manner.

Vertigo rehabilitation exercises are divided into stages 1 and 2.
We approach it step by step, as if climbing stairs, and the first step, the Dori Dori exercise, is suitable for severe early symptoms and is positioned as a safe exercise.
Stage 2 is mainly a standing exercise that improves balance and prevents falls.
For those who have mild or frequent dizziness, it is recommended to focus on the level 2 exercise, but continue to do the level 1 Dori Dori exercise.
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In my 17 years of treating dizziness patients, I have met many who suffered more from the fear of feeling dizzy than from the dizziness itself.
In particular, people who have suffered from benign paroxysmal positional vertigo often find it difficult to live their daily lives due to the fear of recurrence. In such cases, deep breathing and meditation can be quite effective.
Meditation goes beyond simply relaxing the mind; it's a natural therapy that suppresses overactive sympathetic nerves, stabilizes heartbeat, relaxes our bodies, and balances the autonomic nervous system.
Among my patients, there was one who cured his dizziness through meditation.
I suffered from chronic dizziness for two years, and my symptoms did not improve even with medication. However, after I started doing short meditations for 10 minutes every day, my symptoms improved considerably.
After three months, the frequency of dizziness was noticeably reduced and its intensity was also greatly reduced.
It helped a lot to reduce my anxiety about dizziness.

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