RESEARCH ON CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF PATIENTS with PERIPHERAL VERTIGO AT THE DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE - HAI DUONG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
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Objective: To describe the clinical characteristics of patients with peripheral vertigo at the Department of General Internal Medicine, Hai Duong Medical University Hospital. Subjects and research methods: cross-sectional description, convenient sampling. Results: Peripheral vertigo was more common in women (80.8 %) than in men (19.2%), the ratio of women: men = 4 : 1. The most affected age group was > 60 years old. accounted for 51.9%. Patients with paroxysmal positional vertigo predominate with the rate of 94.2%. The majority of cases had symptoms of vertigo, accounting for 84.5%, feeling floating in 55.7%. The most common accompanying symptoms were nausea 86.5%, followed by vomiting 59.6%, tinnitus 28.8%, hearing loss 3.8% and feeling of fullness 1.9%. Conclusion: Peripheral vertigo is a fairly common disease in the elderly and the main cause is benign paroxysmal postural vertigo.
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peripheral vertigo, benign paroxysmal postural vertigo
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