Dizzy: What You Need to Know About Managing and Treating Balance Disorders
Find Your Balance
Recent statistics show that more than 90 million Americans will experience dizziness at some time during their lives. The good news is that 80 to 90 percent of sufferers can find relief. In this comprehensive guide, one of the nation's leading authorities on balance disorders tells the millions of sufferers what they can to do to conquer dizziness — what it is, why they feel this way, and what they can do about it.
In Dizzy, Dr. Jack Wazen uncovers the root causes of this disabling, difficult-to-diagnose syndrome and shares the therapies and techniques that can return patients' lives to normal, including essential information on:
• How to identify balance disorders
• Types of disorders: from the inner ear to the circulatory and central nervous systems to systemic, sensory, and visual disorders
• Balance rehabilitation therapy
• Medication and surgical options
• Acupuncture, biofeedback, hypnosis, and nutritional and herbal supplements
From where to get help to the surprising benefits of a low-sodium diet, filled with encouraging stories of patients who have found permanent relief, Dizzy shows chronic sufferers how to get their lives back on track — and in balance.
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Dizzy: What You Need to Know About Managing and Treating Balance Disorders
Find Your Balance
Recent statistics show that more than 90 million Americans will experience dizziness at some time during their lives. The good news is that 80 to 90 percent of sufferers can find relief. In this comprehensive guide, one of the nation's leading authorities on balance disorders tells the millions of sufferers what they can to do to conquer dizziness — what it is, why they feel this way, and what they can do about it.
In Dizzy, Dr. Jack Wazen uncovers the root causes of this disabling, difficult-to-diagnose syndrome and shares the therapies and techniques that can return patients' lives to normal, including essential information on:
• How to identify balance disorders
• Types of disorders: from the inner ear to the circulatory and central nervous systems to systemic, sensory, and visual disorders
• Balance rehabilitation therapy
• Medication and surgical options
• Acupuncture, biofeedback, hypnosis, and nutritional and herbal supplements
From where to get help to the surprising benefits of a low-sodium diet, filled with encouraging stories of patients who have found permanent relief, Dizzy shows chronic sufferers how to get their lives back on track — and in balance.
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Dizzy: What You Need to Know About Managing and Treating Balance Disorders

Dizzy: What You Need to Know About Managing and Treating Balance Disorders

Dizzy: What You Need to Know About Managing and Treating Balance Disorders

Dizzy: What You Need to Know About Managing and Treating Balance Disorders

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Find Your Balance
Recent statistics show that more than 90 million Americans will experience dizziness at some time during their lives. The good news is that 80 to 90 percent of sufferers can find relief. In this comprehensive guide, one of the nation's leading authorities on balance disorders tells the millions of sufferers what they can to do to conquer dizziness — what it is, why they feel this way, and what they can do about it.
In Dizzy, Dr. Jack Wazen uncovers the root causes of this disabling, difficult-to-diagnose syndrome and shares the therapies and techniques that can return patients' lives to normal, including essential information on:
• How to identify balance disorders
• Types of disorders: from the inner ear to the circulatory and central nervous systems to systemic, sensory, and visual disorders
• Balance rehabilitation therapy
• Medication and surgical options
• Acupuncture, biofeedback, hypnosis, and nutritional and herbal supplements
From where to get help to the surprising benefits of a low-sodium diet, filled with encouraging stories of patients who have found permanent relief, Dizzy shows chronic sufferers how to get their lives back on track — and in balance.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780743236225
Publisher: Touchstone
Publication date: 02/10/2004
Edition description: Original
Pages: 304
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.44(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Jack J. Wazen, M.D., is the medical director of the Balance Management Center at Lenox Hill Hospital and associate professor of clinical otolaryngology at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. The founder and former director of the Tinnitus, Hearing & Balance Center at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, he is also president of the Research Institute for Hearing and Balance Disorders. He maintains a private practice in New York City.

Deborah Mitchell is a medical writer and journalist whose articles have appeared in professional journals as well as national consumer magazines. She has authored or co-authored more than fifty books about various health topics, including The Natural Health Guide to Headache Relief, The Dictionary of Natural Healing, and What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Children's Vaccinations. She lives in Tucson, Arizona.
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