Meniere’s, migraine, and motion sickness

Abstract

METHODSWe conducted an online survey that posed diagnostic and disease questions before addressing frequency of headaches, migraines, visual display dizziness (VDD), syncope, social life and work impact of dizziness (SWID4) and motion sickness susceptibility (MSSQ). The two groups were: diagnosed MD individuals with hearing loss (n=751) and non-MD individuals in the control group (n=400). RESULTSThe MD group showed significantly elevated MSS, more headache and migraine, increased VDD, higher SWID4 scores, and increased syncope. MSS was higher in MD than controls only after the development of MD but not before, nor in childhood. Although elevated in MD compared with controls, MSS was lower than migraine patients from past data.Multivariate analysis revealed VDD, SWID4 and MSS in adulthood as the strongest predictors of MD, but not headache nor migraine.

Clinical Features, Familial History, and Migraine Precursors in Patients With Definite Vestibular Migraine: The VM‐Phenotypes Projects

“…In our cohort, we found that 69% of patients referred at least one of the pediatric precursors of migraine; in particular, 42.8% of subjects referred motion sickness. Recent studies have emphasized how motion sickness is a common finding in the general population and it has a strong genetic contribution . Our data are in line with a previously published work reporting a rate of migraine equivalents of 70.3% and motion sickness of 40.5% in a sample of over 1000 pediatric patients mostly with migrainous headaches .…”

“…Recent studies have emphasized how motion sickness is a common finding in the general population and it has a strong genetic contribution. 29,30 Our data are in line with a previously published work reporting a rate of migraine equivalents of 70.3% and motion sickness of 40.5% in a sample of over 1000 pediatric patients mostly with migrainous headaches. 31 Another recent review on migraine precursors reported a rate of 1.9-2.3% for cyclic vomiting, 1.7-4.1% for episodic abdominal pain, and 2-2.6% for episodic vertigo in the total pediatric population.…”

Predicting Individual Susceptibility to Visually Induced Motion Sickness by Questionnaire

“…With regard to VIMS, women have sometimes (but not always) been found to be more susceptible to visual stimulation (Flanagan et al, 2005;Klosterhalfen et al, 2006), and for VR headsets nonfit of interpupillary distance in females may contribute (Stanney et al, 2020). There is some evidence that several preexisting medical conditions that have an impact on quality of life are associated with raised motion sickness susceptibility, including dizziness (Bronstein et al, 2010;Golding and Patel, 2017), proneness to syncope (i.e., feeling of faintness; Bosser et al, 2006), worse sleep quality (Kaplan et al, 2017), and personality factors such as trait anxiety or neuroticism (although often weak effects; Reason and Brand, 1975). Some special groups have reduced or heightened risk: Individuals who have complete bilateral loss of labyrinthine (vestibular apparatus) function are largely immune to motion sickness (Kennedy et al, 1968;Cheung et al, 1991).…”

Visual Vertigo, Motion Sickness, and Disorientation in Vehicles

“…Migraine, patients with severe migraine attending migraine clinics. (Adapted from Golding and Patel 2017 58. )…”