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Long-lasting personal injury after a car accident may require the victim to make a whiplash claim as the severity of long-term symptoms varies and may cause the patient to require prolonged treatment and/or time off work.
Along with possible vision problems and neck stiffness, experts have been debating whether benign paroxysmal positional vertigo may also be a symptom experienced by people who have suffered whiplash injury.
Often known as BPPV for short, victims of this disorder have bouts of vertigo, typically when they make sudden head movements.
The NHS website describes BPPV as "short, intense, recurrent attacks of vertigo," and states that, although the attacks usually last around ten to twenty seconds, they are often accompanied by nausea and vomiting.
Some medical professionals and scientists believe that this type of vertigo is caused by tiny particles of calcium, called Otoconia, becoming detached from within the Utricular which is part of the inner ear. These tiny particles make their way into the ear canal.
The human ear canal is filled with liquid which touches delicate hairs on the canal's walls and helps a person keep their balance as they move. If the liquid becomes filled with Otoconia problems may ensue.
When a patient's head is stationary, the particles sit at the bottom and do not cause a problem. However, sudden movements can cause the calcium pieces to move about and brush the tiny hairs which help an individual determine at what incline they are holding themselves. This results in the person feeling unbalanced and dizzy.
The NHS website explains that BPPV usually affects people over 40, but occasionally young people also suffer from the disorder. Experts speculate that in these cases one of the causes of the Otoconia becoming detached may be a violent head movement such as one resultant from a whiplash-type accident.
Many doctors will try the Epley Manoeuvre to treat patients with BPPV. This involves moving the head into four specific positions in sequence and holding it in place for some moments after each movement. This may result in shifting the calcium particles out of the ear canal and away from the sensory hairs – which can send confusing signals to the brain if touched by anything other than the ear canal liquid.
Failing that, medical professionals might then try giving a patient the Brandt-Daroff Exercises, which involve similar actions to the Epley Manoeuvre but in a different order. If both of these techniques do not work after several attempts then surgery may be suggested, but this is a rare occurrence.
Although we are experts when it comes to whiplash injury cases and helping you claim compensation, we are not medical professionals and always recommend that you go to your GP or a doctor for diagnosis and treatment.
Throughout your no win, no fee claim with YouClaim's personal injury solicitors, we make sure to communicate in plain English throughout the legal process, so that you feel comfortable and understand how everything is proceeding.
We have helped many individuals with their whiplash injury cases and we could help you receive 100% compensation too.
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