These conditions typically arrive suddenly, but recovery has a trajectory worth monitoring. The patterns during the acute and subacute phases that signal complications, misdiagnosis, or factors that may prolong recovery. Labyrinthitis and vestibular neuritis are different from most vestibular conditions in one important way: they typically arrive suddenly, without a prolonged pre-diagnosis history. A patient…
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Understanding the two related inner ear inflammatory conditions behind sudden severe vertigo — and why the upper cervical spine deserves consideration when recovery stalls. Few experiences in medicine are as dramatic as the onset of vestibular neuritis or labyrinthitis. A patient who was functioning normally the day before wakes up to severe spinning vertigo, profound…