Vertigo and dizziness in childhood

Abstract

  The incidence of vertigo and dizziness in childhood is estimated about one in 100 compare to adults. Among 77 patients in nation center of National Center for Child Health and Development, vestibular migraine (=21) was the most common followed by benign paroxysmal vertigo (N=16), unilateral vestibulopathy (N=12), psychogenic vertigo (N=8) and so on. The important information for the diagnosis of benign paroxysmal vertigo is the presence of headache, the family history of migraine, and the presence of car sickness. There is the shift from benign paroxysmal vertigo to vestibular migraine. The presence of anxiety for the sudden attack sometimes has the patient to prevent to go to school. It is important to obtain correct diagnosis and offer relevant treatment in the early stage of the disease.