As a doctor, I feel it is my job to look at each patient as a whole person. In our health care system, often a patient goes to each specialist and no one ever takes the time to evaluate the person as a whole. I always strive to take in the total picture with each patient. Working together with other health professionals should always be the goal to help heal the patient.
Dizziness can be caused by many factors. The eyes, the inner ear, blood pressure, blood sugar levels all can contribute to dizziness. In fact, the visual system and the inner ear work together to keep us balanced and moving correctly in space. Unfortunately, this link between or inner ears, the vestibular system, and vision is too often overlooked.
If you or a loved one has been suffering from dizziness or headache and has not found relief from the neurologist, ENT, or vestibular therapist, consider the problem may be your eyes. Vertical Heterophoria is a binocular vision dysfunction where the images fall on non-corresponding points on your retinas. This causes the eye muscles to strain to keep the images together. Typical symptoms are headache and dizziness. Vertical Heterophoria will not be found on a routine eye exam. A simple online questionnaire can be found on my website www.nvcofny.com. This test can help determine if a binocular vision dysfunction is the missing puzzle piece in the treatment of your dizziness.
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