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Professor Adolfo Bronstein
Queen Square Private Healthcare
What causes labyrinthitis?
Consultant Neurologist, Professor Adolfo Bronstein, says labrynthitis is rare and GPs and other specialists often mistake seasonal inflammation of the vestibular organs for labyrnthitis.
Transcript
Labyrinthitis, considered as an infection or an inflammation of the inner ear, is rare in terms of affecting both the hearing and the balance organs, as an infection. That is really not very common. But what GPs and sometimes specialists call labyrinthitis, usually refers to the infection or inflammation of the vestibular organs to the balance organs of the inner ear. And those problems of the inner ear are very seasonal. So we know that when the cold weather starts and people begin to catch colds, some of those patients will develop labyrinthitis, which is a very strong spinning vertigo attack lasting for a few days.
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