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Good day, a week ago i woke up with vertigo symptoms. my gp prescribed medication for labyrinthitis and treated it as a viral infection. ?
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Your doctor is right: this is not uncommon, if it recurrs or doesn't improve, see an ENT specialist / neurologist, good luck
Answered 4/7/2019
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Vertigo: How was labyrinthitis diagnosis made? What were you prescribed? Any hearing loss, arranging in ears? Better to see ENT.
Answered 12/21/2017
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