A STUDY OF INCIDENCE OF VERTIGO IN CHILDREN IN RIMS RAIPUR C.G.

Dr. Sunil Kumar Mudgal; Dr. Anoop Rekha Mudgal; Dr. Brajendra Kumar

Volume : V, Issue : XI, November - 2016

A STUDY OF INCIDENCE OF VERTIGO IN CHILDREN IN RIMS RAIPUR C.G.

Dr. Sunil Kumar Mudgal, Dr. Anoop Rekha Mudgal, Dr. Brajendra Kumar

Abstract :

Vertigo is a frequent symptom in the general population with a 12-month prevalence of 5% and an incidence of 1.4% in adults. Its prevalence rises with age and is about two to three times higher in women than in men. The epidemiology of vertigo and underlying specific vestibular disorders is still an underdeveloped field despite its usefulness for clinical decision making and its potential for improving patient care. We studied vertigo as a symptom and other four specific vestibular disorders: benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV), vestibular migraine, M�ni�re�s disease, and vestibular neuritis.Data on the epidemiology of vertigo, however, are scarce; one of the underlying reasons is that vertigo is a subjective symptom and difficult to define. The He� and Equiliium Committee of the American Academy of OtolaryngologyHead and Neck Surgery has defined vertigo as ��the sensation of motion when no motion is occurring relative to earth�s gravity.�� Although patients and many physicians tend to use the terms vertigo and dizziness interchangeably, dizziness experts seek to differentiate vertigo�as a symptom that arises from the vestibular system�from nonvestibular dizziness, which can comprise a sensation of light-headedness, giddiness, unsteadiness, drowsiness, or impeding faint., we use the term vertigo as a vestibular symptom. As measures of disease frequency in the population we use incidence (proportion of newly developed� incident�disease over a specific period) and prevalence (proportion of an existing disease at one time point, point prevalence, or during a given period, period prevalence, e.g., one-year prevalence). Lifetime prevalence denotes the cumulative lifetime frequency of a disease to the present time, i.e., the proportion of people who have had the event at any time in the past.