What The Dizziness Club is

THE DIZZINESS CLUB IS BORN
Assistance group for people with BALANCE DISORDER

By initiative of Dr Lucrecia Lopez the DIZZINESS CLUB, an assistance group for people with Balance Disorders was created.

Medical statistics show that dizziness is the tenth most common cause of physician visit and second most common cause of neurological visits.

Dizziness and vertigo are terms that refer to a false sense of movement. These symptoms do not represent a specific disease but point to a vestibular system disorder.

The vestibular system is formed by a group of structures and their interconnecting neurons whose function is to maintain balance. This system begins in the inner ear where the vestibular apparatus is located (this is why balance problems are frequently associated with hearing symptoms), continues with the vestibular nerve which reaches the vestibular nuclei in the central nervous system, from where pathways reach more complex nervous system structures.

Dizziness and balance disorders cause numerous and negative consequences limiting daily activities in many patients.

The objective of the DIZZINESS CLUB is to offer individuals with balance and dizziness disorders the opportunity to communicate and learn from the experiences of other patients.

Shared experience is important in order to minimize fear and understand different situations related to these diseases. By these means one is able to understand more about oneself and his or her disease.

The Dizziness Club may help patients to:

  • - Avoid social isolation.
  • - Accept the realities of their condition.
  • - Accept the limitations and consequences that these disorders may cause in their daily activities.
  • - Raise self-esteem.
  • - Assume an active role in the management of their disorder.
  • - Develop more control over their lives.
  • - Develop behaviour that will generate more knowledge of their needs and bodies.
  • - Allow patients, their friends and family members to gain more understanding of these diseases.

It is important to give out information regarding vestibular diseases that in many cases are inadequately diagnosed by medical professionals.