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  2. Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo - Wikipedia

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    Positive DixHallpike test after other possible causes have been ruled out [1] Differential diagnosis: Labyrinthitis, Ménière's disease, stroke, vestibular migraine [3] [4] Treatment: Epley maneuver or Brandt–Daroff exercises [3] [5] Prognosis: Resolves in days to months [6] Frequency: 2.4% affected at some point [1]

  3. Epley maneuver - Wikipedia

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    Then the patient is quickly lowered into a supine position (on the back), with the head held approximately in a 30-degree neck extension (Dix-Hallpike position), with the head remaining rotated to the side. The clinician observes the patient's eyes for "primary stage" nystagmus. The patient remains in this position for approximately 1–2 minutes.

  4. Dix–Hallpike test - Wikipedia

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    When performing the DixHallpike test, patients are lowered quickly to a supine position (lying horizontally with the face and torso facing up) with the neck extended 30 degrees below horizontal by the clinician performing the maneuver. [3] The DixHallpike and the side-lying testing position have yielded similar results.

  5. Righting reflex - Wikipedia

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    Patients with vestibular disorders may go through the Dix-Hallpike maneuver, in which the patient is seated with legs extended and rotates the head 45 degrees. The patient is then asked to lie down on the table and checked for nystagmus , or uncontrollable eye movements.

  6. What Are the Possible Treatments for Cancer on My Dog's Jaw?

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    Dogs with this kind of cancer that have surgery usually only survive 3 to 18 months, depending on how advanced the cancer is when found (1). Squamous cell carcinoma: This is a good possibility ...

  7. Margaret Dix - Wikipedia

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    Dix was born in 1902 and attended Sherborne School for Girls.She studied medicine at the Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine, earning her MBBS in 1937. She then began training as a surgeon, but in 1940 she was injured in an air-raid during the Blitz that left her with a facial disfigurement and pieces of glass in her eyes, forcing her to give up her surgical career.

  8. Tilt table test - Wikipedia

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    Before taking the test, the patient may be instructed to fast for a period before the test will take place and to stop taking any medications. On the day of the tilt table test, an intravenous line may be placed in case the patient needs to be given medications quickly; however, this may influence the results of the test and may only be indicated in particular circumstances.

  9. Labyrinthitis - Wikipedia

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    Treatment with drugs is neither effective nor necessary. The effect of glucocorticoids has been studied, but they have not been found to significantly affect long-term outcome. [26] Symptomatic treatment with antihistaminics such as cinnarizine, however, can be used to suppress the symptoms of vestibular neuritis while it spontaneously ...