Friday, February 26, 2010

Vertical Hyperphoria

Question
My sister has been severely dizzy and nauseas for the past 4 months since changing her prescription glasses.  She's lost a ton of weight and can't work now.  She has seen numerous doctors (general, ENTs, optometrists, acupunturists, etc.) but no one seems to be able to help her.  They've checked her ears, eyes, prescriptions and everything seems fine.  She's at her wits end.  She found a doctor in Birmingham that specializes in Vertical Hyperphoria but she lives in Southern California.  Could this be the cause and is there a doctor in Southern California that specializes in this?


Answer
Dear CP,



Sorry, but very little that I can do from here. However, some expert has to diagnoze her as vertical hyperphoria. Is that what was told to her, or her own conclusion that she has this?



If she has this, a neurologist could help better would be a neuro ophthalmologist.



Hope this helps,

Best,

Dr Shroff