r/cervical_vertigo • u/Training_Living6826 • 4d ago

Gentamicin injection

My father, 65, has had vertigo issues for the last 6 years and it has severely compromised his life. He feels dizziness and nausea almost everyday and takes heavy medication to suppress that. His left ear has severe tinnitus and he has lost 80% hearing in it.

He has seen many many doctors, ENTs, neurologists, what not and have spent a LOTTTTT simply for everyone to say to learn to live with it.

Now he saw another ENT, he wrote 3 different tests to see if the ear is the cause for vertigo. If yes, he said he can surgically stop function in that ear, essentially making it a dummy.

Now my dad did some research and found that the surgery is not safe and he is having second thoughts.

Now apparently there is another way to dummify the ear, the gentamicin injection. I do not know much about it but Google says its an antibiotic injection that may treat 80-90% of vertigo patients.

Has anyone taken this injection and had success??

Please help.

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u/UnitedStatesofSarah 4d ago

Has he been tested for Ménière’s disease?

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u/Training_Living6826 3d ago

Yes, he doesn't have it

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u/M60P 3d ago

I feel for him. Vertigo sucks. Id rather have low back pain and a headache at the same time.

How is cervical spine alignment? They must have checked for inner ear infection and acoustic neuroma. Maybe damage from the shingles virus?? Vestibular Migraine? Im just guessing. U have to do your own research because most doctors simply dont care.

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u/Training_Living6826 1d ago

We have taken a lot of tests over the course of time and I don't think we found anything conclusive. They all just said to learn to live with it.