Vertigo Induced During Coitus
Objectives: The aim of this study was to describe the clinical features of vertigo developed during sexual intercourse.Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the clinical and laboratory findings of seven patients who reported recurrent vertigo during sexual intercourse.Results: All the patients report...
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| author | Sun-Uk Lee Sun-Uk Lee Hyo-Jung Kim Ja-Won Koo Jeong-Yoon Choi Jeong-Yoon Choi Ji-Soo Kim Ji-Soo Kim |
| author_facet | Sun-Uk Lee Sun-Uk Lee Hyo-Jung Kim Ja-Won Koo Jeong-Yoon Choi Jeong-Yoon Choi Ji-Soo Kim Ji-Soo Kim |
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| description | Objectives: The aim of this study was to describe the clinical features of vertigo developed during sexual intercourse.Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the clinical and laboratory findings of seven patients who reported recurrent vertigo during sexual intercourse.Results: All the patients reported spinning sensation for a few minutes to 1 h, which developed during the coitus. Most patients (6/7, 86%) reported associated auditory symptoms including tinnitus (n = 4), ear fullness (n = 2), autophony (n = 1), hearing impairment (n = 1), or hyperacusis (n = 1). Four patients reported the vertigo to occur exclusively during sexual intercourse or masturbation while the other three patients also experienced vertigo during other physical activities. Underlying disorders included Meniere's disease (n = 3), superior canal dehiscence (n = 1), and high jugular bulb anomaly (n = 1) while the remaining two patients had no identifiable causes.Conclusions: Various disorders may cause coital vertigo probably due to disruption of the mechanism that normally refrains the increased intracranial pressure from being directly transferred to the peripheral vestibular organs. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9e6317123a4c4616b67608c3a9bfba062022-12-22T01:00:45ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Neurology1664-22952019-01-01910.3389/fneur.2018.01187435689Vertigo Induced During CoitusSun-Uk Lee0Sun-Uk Lee1Hyo-Jung Kim2Ja-Won Koo3Jeong-Yoon Choi4Jeong-Yoon Choi5Ji-Soo Kim6Ji-Soo Kim7Department of Neurology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South KoreaDizziness Center, Clinical Neuroscience Center, Department of Neurology, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, South KoreaResearch Administration Team, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, South KoreaDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, South KoreaDepartment of Neurology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South KoreaDizziness Center, Clinical Neuroscience Center, Department of Neurology, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, South KoreaDepartment of Neurology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South KoreaDizziness Center, Clinical Neuroscience Center, Department of Neurology, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, South KoreaObjectives: The aim of this study was to describe the clinical features of vertigo developed during sexual intercourse.Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the clinical and laboratory findings of seven patients who reported recurrent vertigo during sexual intercourse.Results: All the patients reported spinning sensation for a few minutes to 1 h, which developed during the coitus. Most patients (6/7, 86%) reported associated auditory symptoms including tinnitus (n = 4), ear fullness (n = 2), autophony (n = 1), hearing impairment (n = 1), or hyperacusis (n = 1). Four patients reported the vertigo to occur exclusively during sexual intercourse or masturbation while the other three patients also experienced vertigo during other physical activities. Underlying disorders included Meniere's disease (n = 3), superior canal dehiscence (n = 1), and high jugular bulb anomaly (n = 1) while the remaining two patients had no identifiable causes.Conclusions: Various disorders may cause coital vertigo probably due to disruption of the mechanism that normally refrains the increased intracranial pressure from being directly transferred to the peripheral vestibular organs.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fneur.2018.01187/fullvertigonystagmuscoitusMeniere's diseasesuperior canal dehiscencehigh jugular bulb anomaly |
| spellingShingle | Sun-Uk Lee Sun-Uk Lee Hyo-Jung Kim Ja-Won Koo Jeong-Yoon Choi Jeong-Yoon Choi Ji-Soo Kim Ji-Soo Kim Vertigo Induced During Coitus Frontiers in Neurology vertigo nystagmus coitus Meniere's disease superior canal dehiscence high jugular bulb anomaly |
| title | Vertigo Induced During Coitus |
| title_full | Vertigo Induced During Coitus |
| title_fullStr | Vertigo Induced During Coitus |
| title_full_unstemmed | Vertigo Induced During Coitus |
| title_short | Vertigo Induced During Coitus |
| title_sort | vertigo induced during coitus |
| topic | vertigo nystagmus coitus Meniere's disease superior canal dehiscence high jugular bulb anomaly |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fneur.2018.01187/full |
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