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Travel Strategies

Some common questions about the effects of travel on people with vestibular dysfunction include:

“Will travel increase symptoms?”
“Should I avoid travel?”
“What is the best form of travel?”
“What can I do to minimize discomfort while traveling?”

Travel conditions that may be problematic for a person with a vestibular disorder include those that involve exposure to rapid altitude or pressure changes, certain motion patterns, or disturbing lighting. Travel decisions that accommodate a person’s vestibular disorder will depend on the type of vestibular disorder, the method of transportation (e.g., train, boat, airplane, automobile), and the conditions and planned activities at the destination.

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Labyrinthitis and Vestibular Neuritis

Cause Infection or inflammation of the cochleovestibular nerve. Summary Vestibular Neuritis (or neuronitis) is a vestibular condition that is commonly caused by the inflammation of the vestibular branch of the 8th cranial nerve, which is

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Podcast: Vestibular Migraine

ICU - "I See You" Podcast Vestibular Migraine Listen Now Available wherever you get your podcasts. Apple Podcasts   Spotify Vestibular migraine is a condition that affects more than half of all migraine sufferers at some

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ICU Podcast: Blood Glucose & Vestibular Migraine

ICU – “I SEE YOU” PODCAST Blood Glucose & Vestibular Migraine LISTEN NOW Available wherever you get your podcasts. Apple Podcasts   Spotify On this episode of the ICU Podcast, we explore the emerging—and deeply relatable—connection

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Migraine Glasses: Can They Help Me Feel Less Pain?

If you get migraine headaches, there’s about a 90% chance that you also have photophobia, or extreme light sensitivity. In fact, photophobia and migraine have a close enough relationship that light sensitivity has become part

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Best Migraine Glasses For Dizziness and Vertigo

Best Migraine Glasses For Dizziness and Vertigo By VeDA, with contributions from Dr. Randy Schulman, ODLight Sensitivity Migraines can be quite debilitating and those experiencing migraines often have light sensitivity, also called photophobia. There may

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Vestibular Migraine – What You Need to Know

Introduction Around 55% of people with migraines will at some point experience symptoms related to balance, like dizziness or vertigo. Many of these individuals might not even have headaches but mainly feel off-balance. They could

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Vestibular Migraine & Postpartum

As those with a vestibular disorder know, living with this disorder has its challenges. It is unpredictable & you never know how you will feel day to day or when your symptoms will flare. The

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Vestibular Migraine Coping Strategies

FINDING TREATMENT AND SUPPORT FOR COPING WITH VESTIBULAR MIGRAINE Vestibular migraine patients, Kayla McCain and Alicia Wolf, share their tips for coping with vestibular migraine. When an individual is first diagnosed with vestibular migraine it

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When Conditions Overlap: PPPD, Vestibular Migraine, and Other Comorbidities

Vestibular disorders are rarely simple. Many people who live with dizziness or vertigo eventually discover that their symptoms are connected not to a single condition, but to several overlapping diagnoses. This complex reality was the

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