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Benign Paroxysmal Vertigo in Childhood: A Long-term Follow-up
- Source :
- Headache: The Journal of Head and Face Pain. 39:33-37
- Publication Year :
- 1999
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 1999.
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Abstract
- Benign paroxysmal vertigo in children is characterized by sudden attacks of vertigo lasting seconds or minutes. During the attack, the child has nystagmus and is unable to stand without support. Initially, the attacks are frequent, later slowly disappearing. Nineteen children who were diagnosed in 1975-1981 participated in a follow-up study. Sixteen of them were examined with audiometry and electronystagmography. Age at onset was from 5 months to 8 years, and the symptoms disappeared after 3 months to 8 years. The follow-up was performed 13 to 20 years after diagnosis. Twenty-one percent developed migraine which is somewhat more than in a normal population of this age. Thirty-nine percent had a family history of migraine which is a figure considerably lower than in a migraine population. None still had vertigo or a balance disorder. Our conclusion is that benign paroxysmal vertigo has a favorable outcome, and it is not a general precursor of migraine.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
Pediatrics
medicine.medical_specialty
Adolescent
Migraine Disorders
Population
Nystagmus
Central nervous system disease
Audiometry
Nystagmus, Physiologic
Vertigo
otorhinolaryngologic diseases
medicine
Humans
Family history
Child
education
education.field_of_study
biology
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
Electronystagmography
Infant
medicine.disease
biology.organism_classification
Surgery
Neurology
Migraine
El Niño
Child, Preschool
Female
Neurology (clinical)
medicine.symptom
business
Follow-Up Studies
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15264610 and 00178748
- Volume :
- 39
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Headache: The Journal of Head and Face Pain
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....c5f193a8b39e8d5925859c2c87eb98aa