Abstract

A statistical analysis examining 206 patients (61 males, 145 females) who had visited the neurotological clinic in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Ikeda City Hospital, complaining of vertigo and dizziness between August 2020 and January 2022 was conducted. The age distribution peaked for patients in their seventies. Vertigo and dizziness of peripheral origin accounted for 65.5%, while that of central origin accounted for 0.5% and that of unknown origin accounted for 8.7%. Most patients with vertigo and dizziness of peripheral vestibular origin had BPPV [Please define] (26.7%) or Meniere's disease (26.2%), followed by cardio-circulatory disease (13.6%), vestibular neuritis (9.2%), persistent postural perceptual dizziness (PPPD, 5.8%), psychogenic vertigo (2.9%), or delayed endolymphatic hydrops (2.4%).

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