鼻咽腔炎と立ちくらみ

　Ⅰ．序言

　1958年，耳鼻咽喉科展望において，堀口教授は"鼻咽腔炎の現わす諸症状に就て"と題して耳鼻咽喉科領域での鼻咽腔炎のもつ広範な意義について述べられている。

　このなかで耳科外来を訪れる眩暈患者は，メニエール氏病の患者が最も多く，その他，内耳炎・小脳疾患，等の患者がこれを占めているわけであるが，鼻咽腔炎による眩暈のあることも忘れることはできないといわれている。

Sixteen cases of dizziness which was brou-ght on by a sudden change of position from the sitting to standing, "arising dizziness", that was apparently due to inflammation of the nasopharynx were observed and treated.

Arising dizziness is an instability of balance which definitely differ from that of aural origin in that it is not rotatory in character but, is accompanied by symptoms which point towards those of transcient cerebral anemia.

In treatment of these cases the therapy was directed towards nasopharyngeal mucous membrane which was painful to touch and readily bleeding. Tissue studies were made by swab specimen. As the nasopharyngeal inflammatory conditions subsided the attacks of dizziness gradually decreased in number and the patients were completely cured.