positional vertigo???

joseph brand

Sorry if in wrong forum, but could not find 'health', and also, wanted to find wider audience for quick answers.

My girlfriend had an operation in June last year (removal of the gall bladder)and since has suffered from 'positional vertigo'.

It has something to do with the inner ear. I think a lot of people get this after an op???

Means that she can become dizzy around bright lights. She gets really pi**ed off and is just sick of it.

Also, she has to go for M.R.I scan(bed inside big NASA style tube) for fourth time, don't know are they bad for ye, considering the nurse hides behind a wall.

Anyone else suffer with this odd illness???

The_Goose

dont know bout the vertigo but the nurse is hidden because the mir is a very powerful magnet and because they are exposed to it alot it can br dangerous to them!

the gb is a pretty important part of the bod so it may be taken some time to get use to the change!

joseph brand

Thanks Farlo.

Never learnt anything bout gall bladder in Honours Biology all those years back in School, or spleen, or hernias????

Just skin, eyes, heart and liver fluke(oh yeah, real useful).

The Second

yeah.. I had it when I was younger... but it seemed to just fade away... sorry I can't give you a cure.. but I know I'm over it now.. if thats any consilation! ... it does fade away...

Red Alert

MRI's scan won't hurt anyone - the only reason the nurse is behind the wall is so that the computers that she uses to operate the thing are shielded from the huge magnetic field in the machine.

That's why you simple HAVE to take anything metal off.

Calibos

That's why you simply HAVE to take anything metal off.

What happens if you've got a metal plate in your head for example. ie skull fracture, metal plate, MRI to check your brains' alright? Is the field strong enough to exert an attractive force on the metal in your head or is it just a case of metal skewing the magnetic field slightly in that area and blurring the image etc??

eddhorse

What happens if you've got a metal plate in your head for example. ie skull fracture, metal plate, MRI to check your brains' alright? Is the field strong enough to exert an attractive force on the metal in your head or is it just a case of metal skewing the magnetic field slightly in that area and blurring the image etc??

well then u arent allowed to go into the mri , as it would probably rip it out of ur head , i had to get one done before and i had to lie there for a half an hour "without moving", kinda hard when ur big toe is twitching from all fields!!

joseph brand

it does fade away...

Thanks Second.

I think she getting over it since she stopped taking medication. Horrible thing to suffer with. Like that dizzy head feeling after bottle of aftershock 6 pints of Guinness and a bottle of Miller, . . . .when your sober???


Thanks again.