title: Management of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo.
abstract: In vertigo, people experience an illusion of movement of the environment about them, or of themselves with respect to the environment. Vertigo usually originates in the peripheral nervous system (e.g. due to a disorder of the inner ear) but can, rarely, have a CNS origin (e.g. an intracranial tumour or brainstem lesion). It is commonly due to a peripheral disorder known as 'benign paroxysmal positional vertigo' (BPPV). Here we discuss BPPV and the management of patients with the condition, including diagnostic and therapeutic manoeuvres.
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005081:Exercise Therapy / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D010808:Physical Examination / Q000379:methods; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014717:Vertigo / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D014724:Vestibular Function Tests / Q000379:methods