Abstract
A clinical study was carried out on patients with vertigo, dizziness and equilibrium disturbance in childhood who were examined at the Department of Otorhinolaryngology and the Department of Pediatrics of Shiga University of Medical Science during the past 10 years. The clinical analysis of the age composition, disease frequency and sexuality was conducted on about 98 cases aged 15years and under with equilibrium disturbance. Only 6 cases were young children aged 5 years and under and 3 of these were diagnosed as having central nervous system disturbances. The cases include 34 (34.7%) systemic diseases,27 (27.6%) otogenic diseases,12 (12.2%) central nervous system disturbances,9 (9.2%) psychological problems and 16 (16.3%) cases of unknown etiology. Orthostatic dysregulation was the most frequent disease in girls. Otogenic vertigo was the most frequent disease (32.9%: 27/82) seen in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology, and systemic disease disturbances were the most frequent (34.7%; 34/98) when combined with case that completed medical care under the the diagnosis only by the Department of Pediatrics.
