NR 603 Week 1 Comparison and Contrast Discussion; Benign Positional Vertigo and Meniere’s Disease

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NR 603 Week 1 Comparison and Contrast Discussion; Benign Positional Vertigo and Meniere’s Disease Week 1 Part 1: You will research the two areas of content assigned to you and compare and contr... ast them in discussion post. NOTE: A comparison and contrast assignment is not about listing the info regarding each disease separately but rather looking at each disease side by side and discussing the similarities and differences given the categories below. Consider how each patient would actually present to the office. Consider how their history would affect their diagnosis, etc. Evaluation of mastery is focused on the student's ability to demonstrate specific understanding of how the diagnoses differ and relate to one another. Address the following topic below in your own words: Topics of discussion: Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo and Meniere's Disease Of the approximate 5.6 million medical visits with chief complaint of dizziness that occur each year in the United States, up to almost half of those are diagnosed with benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) (Bhattacharyya, Gubbels, & Schwartz, 2017). The implication behind the “benign” wording is due to the fact that the BPPV/ vertigo is not caused by any actual known central nervous system disorder and has the ability to self-resolve spontaneously. “Paroxysmal” is it’s reference to the sudden attacks of vertigo that the patient experie [Show More]

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