Research from National Health Insurance Service Ilsan Hospital Has Provided New Data on Vertigo (Monthly and seasonal variations in benign paroxysmal positional vertigo): Nervous System Diseases and Conditions – Vertigo

Health & Medicine Daily

2022 MAY 20 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Health & Medicine Daily -- New research on vertigo is the subject of a new report. According to news reporting from Goyang, South Korea, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, “Several studies on seasonal variation in benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) have been reported. However, the association between season and BPPV remains controversial; thus, further study is required.”

The news correspondents obtained a quote from the research from National Health Insurance Service Ilsan Hospital: “We analyzed patients with BPPV to evaluate monthly and seasonal variations. Patients with BPPV seen between 2013 and 2017 were retrospectively enrolled in this study. Differences among the months and seasons of BPPV visits were analyzed. Patients were divided into two groups according to age (65 years or older and younger than 65 years) and sex, respectively, and the differences were analyzed in each group. There was no significant difference in the monthly or seasonal distribution of BPPV in the 1,216 patients. There was also no significant difference in the monthly or seasonal distribution in the older and younger groups or in male and female patients.”

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: “There was no significant difference in the monthly or seasonal distribution of patients with BPPV. Additional studies on seasonal variation in BPPV are required in terms of not only vitamin D levels but also other associated factors.”

For more information on this research see: Monthly and seasonal variations in benign paroxysmal positional vertigo. Journal of Vestibular Research, 2021,31(2). The publisher for Journal of Vestibular Research is IOS Press.

A free version of this journal article is available at https://doi.org/10.3233/ves-200030.

Our news editors report that more information may be obtained by contacting Junhui Jeong, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, National Health Insurance Service Ilsan Hospital, Goyang, South Korea. Additional authors for this research include Tae Seong Eo, Jangwon Oh, Hyang Ae Shin, Hyo Jin Chung, Hyun Seung Choi.