Vestibular Insights.

Dear friends, I am always looking to make information accessible here in the group about places that see us, the patients, in a complete way, and understand that dizziness is not "just" an ear problem, but something that affects all functions. I received an important update from Prof. Yahav Oron, Director of the ENT Clinic and Hearing and Speech Unit at Ichilov Hospital, and I want to share with you information about the advanced services they offer today. The clinic at Ichil

I sit down to write to you, just before the calendar changes, and my thoughts wander to this concept, "New Year". Outside, the world prepares for celebrations of noise and bells, fireworks and countdowns. Everyone talks about conquering peaks, "running forward," devouring the world. But us?  With us, victories look completely different. They are quieter. They are internal. Our victory is the ability to get up in the morning, trust our legs, and be on stable ground. It is that

The confusion between Vestibular Neuritis and BPPV  is one of the topics that recurs most in the community. Both conditions cause dizziness but they are completely different in mechanism, timing, treatment, and recovery duration. Here is a summary that can help explain... 1. How does it feel? Vestibular Neuritis (AUVP):  Continuous vertigo (hours-days), feeling the room spinning non-stop, difficulty walking, severe nausea. Not related to position. BPPV:  Very short vertigo (1

We were always taught that a migraine is a headache. One that pounds at the temples and sends us to a dark room. But what if I told you that sometimes the migraine is sneaky? That it can arrive without a single drop of pain, but with unbearable dizziness? Meet the "Chameleon" of the Vestibular World: Vestibular Migraine. Science reveals a statistic that shakes everything we thought: According to the International Headache Society, migraine is the second most common cause of v

Hey friends, I am writing this post from a place of help, because I am tired of hearing about community members being sent home from the ER or the doctor with the outrageous sentence: "It's just stress" or "It's just anxiety." When I arrived at the hospital for the first time with vertigo, I felt I was going crazy. I didn't understand why everything was moving, why I felt like I was floating, and why no one explained to me what was happening. So let's get the scientific facts

I want to share conclusions from a research article published very recently in the Journal of Clinical Neurology . The article sheds new light on the physiological reasons for feelings of instability and dizziness, especially as we age. The study examined in depth the structural changes happening in the balance organ (the Otoliths) and reached some interesting insights that are important to know: Decrease in Crystal Density:  Researchers discovered that over time, our "crysta

There is this quiet and strange moment with doctors, where they look at the screen or the tests and say: "Everything is fine. The ear has healed. You can go back to routine." And you nod, and even leave with a breeze of optimism... for a moment... And the world? The world continues to rock. This gap, between the "normal tests" and the body feeling like it's standing on a raft in the middle of the sea, is perhaps the greatest loneliness there is. How do you explain to people t

It started as another red headline on news sites this week. Initial reports, then official confirmations: An earthquake was felt in Israel. People told of flickering lights, shaking furniture, and that suffocating feeling in the throat when realizing the ground beneath us isn't truly safe. But while the whole country was busy with the epicenter and its magnitude, I thought about us. I thought about this crazy irony. After all, for most people, what happened this week was an u

On a unique vestibular solution at Sheba (and one meeting that gave me hope) I recently had a personal conversation with Dr. Yoav Gimmon , director of the Vestibular Center at Sheba. Beyond the professionalism (which I will detail in a moment), what caught me more than anything was the empathy. I felt I was facing a person who truly sees us, who understands the distress, the fear of losing control, and wants with all his heart to do the best for us. So, I gathered everything

As part of this journey called dizziness/vertigo/floating sensation/tinnitus and more... I encounter many questions regarding exercising medical rights and assistance in this field. We all know how lonely and confusing this path can be, but beyond the physical difficulty, there is sometimes an exhausting bureaucratic struggle—against the National Insurance Institute (Bituach Leumi), against the workplace, or when we need to prove we deserve compensation or recognition of disa

I assume many community members are familiar with the term Menopause/Perimenopause, a time when our body starts speaking a new language... a stage where our hormones go for a rollercoaster ride! So, after reading several articles on the subject, it's important for me to share: it turns out there is a direct link between our hormones and dizziness. We actually have estrogen receptors  in our inner ear. When hormones start to "act up" and dance up and down, our ear feels it imm