Luis Beltran-Parrazal

Apr 19, 2023 | frontiersin.org | Nose Diseases |Leonardo Manzari |Luis Beltran-Parrazal |Dan D. Hougaard

1. Introduction Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) is the most common cause of recurrent vertigo in the elderly. Nearly 40% of elderly patients seen for dizziness reported having BPPV (Ekvall Hansson et al., 2005). The 1-year prevalence of BPPV increases steeply with age, from 0.5 percent in those under 40 years old to 3.4 percent in those above 60 years old (von Brevern et al., 2007). The cumulative incidence of BPPV reaches almost 10% by age 80 (von Brevern et al., 2007).