Labyrinthitis: Difference between revisions

'''Labyrinthitis''' is inflammation of the labyrinth, a maze of fluid-filled channels in the inner ear. '''Vestibular neuritis''' is inflammation of the vestibular nerve (the nerve in the inner ear that sends messages related to motion and position to the brain).<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/labyrinthitis/ | title=Labyrinthitis and vestibular neuritis | date=23 October 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book| title= Ferri's Clinical Advisor 2016: 5 Books in 1|date= 2015| publisher= Elsevier Health Sciences| isbn= 9780323378222 |page= 735| url= https://books.google.com/books?id=bbLSCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA735}}</ref><ref name=Hog2015>{{cite journal |last1= Hogue| first1= JD| title= Office Evaluation of Dizziness |journal= Primary Care| date=June 2015| volume= 42| issue=2|pages=249–258| pmid= 25979586| doi= 10.1016/j.pop.2015.01.004}}</ref> Both conditions involve [[inflammation]] of the [[inner ear]].<ref>{{cite web| title= Labyrinthitis|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMHT0027300/|website= [[National Library of Medicine]] | access-date=16 March 2018|language=en}}</ref> [[Bony labyrinth|Labyrinths]] that house the [[vestibular system]] sense changes in the head's position or the head's motion.<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal |date=1990-10-01|title=Clinical Methods: The History, Physical, and Laboratory Examinations| journal= Annals of Internal Medicine| volume=113|issue=7|pages=563|doi=10.7326/0003-4819-113-7-563_2|issn=0003-4819}}</ref> Inflammation of these inner ear parts results in a [[vertigo|]] (sensation of the world spinning]]) and also possible [[hearing loss]] or [[tinnitus|]] (ringing in the ears]]).<ref name=":1" /> It can occur as a single attack, a series of attacks, or a persistent condition that diminishes over three to six weeks. It may be associated with [[nausea]], [[vomiting]], and eye [[pathologic nystagmus|nystagmus]].