epidemic vertigo


ves·tib·u·lar neu·ron·i·tis

a paroxysmal attack of severe vertigo, not accompanied by deafness or tinnitus, which affects young to middle-aged adults, often following a nonspecific upper respiratory infection; due to unilateral vestibular dysfunction. Synonym(s): endemic paralytic vertigo, epidemic vertigo, Gerlier disease, kubisagari, kubisagaru, paralyzing vertigo

epidemic vertigo

Vertigo that may occur in epidemic form. It is believed to be due to vestibular neuronitis. See also: vertigo