Vestibular Disorders: Griselda Baltazar

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Waking up one morning to the bright sunlight, giving her a headache. She cannot open her eyes as she feels the room spinning around her. She must lay still in order for the dizziness to go away.
Once she opens her eyes she must adjust her eyes and try not to get up fast in order to not feel dizzy again. “When will it end?” the women asks.
Vestibular disorders, a growing number of people have been diagnosed with these disorders. Griselda Baltazar was no exception as she woke up one morning feeling dizzy. Mrs. Baltazar has always been a hard working mother, always wanting to do better in her life. She even started working for a business called Amway to help become something better when the dizziness started. Dizziness, migraines, imbalance
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“I do not know what started my BPPV, my doctor asked me if I got head trauma, although I don’t know if I had a severe head injury. All I know for sure is that the crystals were dislodged from my ear canal.” Many people diagnosed with a vestibular disorder do not know the cause to their condition, and specialists say that it could have been produced by a minor injury and at times without knowing the reason for the illness, can really take a toll on them. It happened to Ms. Baltazar as she would think over and over about why she got vertigo if she took care of herself and always tried to be healthy. With paroxysmal positional vertigo, it can either be malignant or benign. Meaning that malignant is cancerous and benign is non cancerous. Fortunately, for Griselda, her vertigo is benign paroxysmal positional vertigo and is non cancerous. “I am grateful that my type of vertigo had a cure, and it gave me a hope on getting …show more content…
She says, “It’s horrible what these disorders can do to a person. Many have been affected physically and emotionally. These illnesses can really damage a person’s personal activities, and relationships with families and friends.” No one deserves to suffer, and there are always people who can help with these problems. The VEDA have a website and have the information one needs, as said on the website, “VEDA helps people understand what it means to have a vestibular disorder, how to cope and seek effective treatment, and where to get support.” When Griselda started going through her experience of BPPV, it started one normal day and she woke up feeling weird, “I woke up one morning, opened my eyes and felt something weird in my head. It was like something was spinning inside my head.” Different doctors do different procedures to help treat the illnesses. All treatments can vary as there are different conditions as well as different levels of accuracy. Other treatments can be a bit more delicate as it can be new and in other cases, doctors can have different viewpoints on the

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