Review of the Realation between Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo and Vitamin D Deficiency
Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV) is a common cause of disabling vertigo with a high rate of occurrence. Today it is accepted that it is caused by dislodged otoconia, which falls from the uticular macula and float in to the semicircular canals thereby making them sensitive to gravity. BPPV is not easy to diagnose and usually it takes a couple of months of the specialist's time and mostly patients face some issues in terms of wrong treatment.
Vitamin D is one of the many nutrients our body need to stay healthy. It may also play a role in muscle function and immune system. You can get vitamin D via sun exposure, your diet and supplements. In early 80s, researchers showed that people who are living in big cities have low levels of vitamin D. A review of the relationship between vitamin D status and the rate of BPPV will definitely help understand the status of patients who are suffering from this kind of vertigo.
In order to review the relatiopship between BPPV and Vitamin D deficiency in patients, all of the articles in this field published between 1952 - 2017 in Ovid, ProQuest, and Google Scholar databases were searched.
More than 200 articles on the topics related to BPPV and Vitamin D deficiency were available in these databases among which 36 full articles and 7 abstracts were used in the present study.
Conclution: The persent study showed that patients with BPPV had low vitamin D serum and thyroid hormone levels.
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