Varun Dhawan opens up about suffering from Vestibular Hypofunction
Dr. Anurag Tandon explained that the condition can affect either the left or right side of the body, or both, causing dizziness, postural instability, and excessive perspiration.
Varun Dhawan has stated that he suffers from vestibular hypofunction, a disorder in which the inner ear controls the body's balance.
"I had this ailment called vestibular hypofunction, which basically means your balance is wrong," revealed the Bhediya actor at the India Today Conclave, recalling the condition during JugJugg Jeeyo filming days.
"The vestibular system inside the inner ear aids in perceiving our head location in space relative to the body and works in an integrated manner with the brain to maintain body posture," explained Dr Pawan Ojha, a senior neurologist at Hiranandani Hospital, a Fortis network hospital in Vashi.
According to Dr. Anurag Tandon, associate director, ENT, Max Healthcare, Vaishali/Noida/Patparganji, the disorder might disturb the left or right side of the body or both, resulting in frequent bouts of dizziness, postural instability, and intense perspiration.
This can happen on one side of the head (unilateral hypofunction) or both sides (bilateral hypofunction) (bilateral hypofunction). "Unilateral hypofunction can arise as a result of injury from a variety of reasons, including vestibular neuritis, vestibular schwannoma and therapies for vestibular schwannoma, and Meniere's disease and treatments for Meniere's disease," Dr Tandon explained.
Bilateral hypofunction can result from a variety of reasons, including exposure to aminoglycoside drugs (which are harmful to the inner ear), autoimmune illness, congenital abnormalities, trauma, superficial siderosis, idiopathic causes, and so on.
Meniere's disease is characterised by fluid accumulation in the inner ear tubes, resulting in episodic vertigo, ringing in the ears, and hearing loss. "The specific aetiology is unknown; it might be a viral infection, an autoimmune reaction, or a hereditary component," Dr. Ojha noted.
Dr. Tandon went on to explain that inner ear hypofunction causes symptoms related to a loss of normal balance reflexes; as a result, patients may experience oscillopsia (movement or bobbing of the visual world with head movement due to loss of the vestibulo-ocular reflex), dizziness, and postural instability.
Dr. Tandon stated that many young individuals have complained of this issue in the post-Covid time.
"Treatment is frequently symptomatic since it is addressed based on the source of the problem," he explained.
Dr. Tandon described post-rehabilitative treatment as "good nutrition, exercise, supporting anti-virals, and working on one's immunity so that the virus does not become dominant again."
