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What Causes Positional Vertigo After An Accident?

Yesterday while I was riding my bike I went over a bump and hit my head on the road. There were no post traumatic symptoms. I got up. Brushed myself off and walked on down to the nearest clinic where I had my head bandaged since the cut wasn.t that deep. Everything was fine until i tried to sleep and I started to have bed spins. I tried to stay on the bed spin position it goes away after a while but it feels quite bad. Is that normal? I even had myself checked by the doctors, No concussions, no severe bleeding, no dizzyness on spot. I could even ride my bike to the nearest hospital in ease. Now my neck hurts bad, but I dont mind that, figured it was just a sprain since the pain is not central and not in all positions. However I am worried about the bed spins, do they go away with time? Thanks!
Mon, 20 Oct 2014
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Positional vertigo occurs when the ears and the eyes convey diffferent information to the brain about where the head is at. WITH TRAUMA, this would occur due to a damage around the ear where the balance nerves go to the brain.
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What Causes Positional Vertigo After An Accident?

Positional vertigo occurs when the ears and the eyes convey diffferent information to the brain about where the head is at. WITH TRAUMA, this would occur due to a damage around the ear where the balance nerves go to the brain.