Pregnancy and vestibular challenges: A narrative review

Melissa Castillo-Bustamante; Andrea Moreno-Tobón; María Del Mar Tamayo Calle; Jorge Madrigal

doi:10.30574/wjarr.2023.18.1.0720

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Pregnancy and vestibular challenges: A narrative review

Melissa Castillo-Bustamante ^{1, 2, *}, Andrea Moreno-Tobón ³, María Del Mar Tamayo Calle ⁴ and Jorge Madrigal ^{1, 2}

¹Medical School, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana. Medellín, Colombia.

²Centro de Vértigo y Mareo, Mexico City, Mexico.

³ Hospital Militar Nueva Granada, Universidad Nueva Granada, Bogotá, Colombia.

⁴Clínica del Prado. Medellín, Colombia.

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World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2023, 18(01), 958-964

Article DOI: 10.30574/wjarr.2023.18.1.0720

DOI url: https://doi.org/10.30574/wjarr.2023.18.1.0720

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Received on 12 March 2023; revised on 19 April 2023; accepted on 22 April 2023

Abstract

Pregnancy includes several physical, hormonal, and psychological changes from conception to labor. The vestibular system is also affected during this life cycle and several challenges in patients who present vertigo or vestibular disorders during this time still being unregistered and there is a lack of information about how the vestibular system is affected during pregnancy, clinical and physiological correlation, and the expected results of vestibular testing in this population. Herein, we performed a review of expected physiological, clinical and vestibular testing results in pregnant patients to get the deepest understanding of the vestibular phenomenon during this time.

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Vestibulocochlear nerve diseases; Vestibular disorders; Pregnancy; Dizziness; Vertigo diagnosis

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Melissa Castillo-Bustamante, Andrea Moreno-Tobón, María Del Mar Tamayo Calle and Jorge Madrigal. Pregnancy and vestibular challenges: A narrative review. World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2023, 18(1), 958-964. Article DOI: https://doi.org/10.30574/wjarr.2023.18.1.0720

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Melissa Castillo-Bustamante ^{1, 2, *}, Andrea Moreno-Tobón ³, María Del Mar Tamayo Calle ⁴ and Jorge Madrigal ^{1, 2}

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Pregnancy and vestibular challenges: A narrative review

Melissa Castillo-Bustamante 1, 2, *, Andrea Moreno-Tobón 3, María Del Mar Tamayo Calle 4 and Jorge Madrigal 1, 2

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Melissa Castillo-Bustamante ^{1, 2, *}, Andrea Moreno-Tobón ³, María Del Mar Tamayo Calle ⁴ and Jorge Madrigal ^{1, 2}