Revisiting issues associated with vestibular migraine
JIANG Zidong
Abstract：Since the establishment of diagnostic criteria for vestibular migraine, it has been a hot spot of clinical con-cerns. Currently there is a trend of generalization of this disorder and misdiagnosis and mistreatment perhaps directly endan-ger the lives of patients. This should once again sound the alarm for otolaryngologist who are concerned over central vestib-ular diseases. There is an urgent need for in-depth discussion over some relevant issues including standardization of termi-nology of vestibular migraine in Chinese, understanding the diversity and frequency characteristics of vestibular symptoms of vestibular migraine, combining the new diagnosis standards of Meniere's disease to screen for low frequency sensorineu-ral hearing loss in vestibular migraine, understanding characteristics of medications used for vestibular migraine to avoid abuse of specifically caffeine containing drugs, and, most importantly, mastering the appearance of headache and dizziness as part of indication of malignant diseases. These problems cannot be avoided and must be managed well in order to im-prove quality of life of patients with benign vertigo and to avoid misdiagnosis and mistreatment of malignant vertigo.
Keywords：Vestibular migraineMeniere's diseasedifferential diagnosis
Publication Date：2016-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 486-489 )