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A member asked:
Recently treated for benign vertigo with physical therapy.can i safely ride on a plane for very long flight to africa?
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Vertigo: Benign positional vertigo is simply the positioning of a very small bone like object in the canal of a tube lined with sensitive nerve fibers. These fibers sense where that bone is as it floats along with your head. When it gets "stuck", the mix-up in the signal of where that bone is verus where it should be causes the spinning of vertigo. The flight should not make it restick.
Answered 7/8/2012
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Yes: Depending on how long ago you had the manipulation you may need to keep your head fairly still for a day or two. Otherwise you can fly without fear.
Answered 5/4/2012
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