📋 Your Vestibular Disorders Health Passport
Notes, questions, trackers, and your care team — saved in your browser.
What happened at your last visit?
Questions to bring to your next visit
What you’re tracking
Record what matters week to week — symptoms, meds, sleep, mood, vital signs.
My Care Team
Pulls from your kindness log — open the Encounter Card to add or rate.
🌐 FFH Network Trackers
Placeholder — Lucy’s integration. Tracker URLs wire in here.
Your modifiable risk factors, turned into a plan
Dr. Rob is prototyping a Modifiable Risk Factor Motivator widget on Stroke first. When it ships it embeds right here — turning each Vestibular Disorders-relevant risk factor into a tracked, evidence-backed action.
If you ever need to explain your Vestibular Disorders in 30 seconds, start here.
“I have a vestibular disorder — my balance system doesn’t work right. I get dizzy, vertigo, or feel off-balance unpredictably. I do vestibular therapy and take medications sometimes. I wanted you to know because if I fall, especially hit my head, please get me checked. And if I have a sudden new severe dizzy spell with neurological symptoms — weakness, vision change, slurred speech — that may be a stroke, not just my vestibular issue.”
📚Your 16 Course Modules
Click any module to open it. Each opens on the Knowledge Check — that’s your pretest. Taking it unlocks Learn It; reading each tab unlocks the next; finish by retaking the same check to measure your growth.
What Vestibular Disorders Are
Inner ear or brain balance system disorders. Many types.
Treatment Stack
Vestibular rehab + sometimes meds for vertigo, migraine, Meniere.
Red Flags
Stroke-mimic vertigo · fall with head injury · new neurological signs.
Common Triggers
Head position changes, certain foods (Meniere), salt, caffeine, stress.
Common Types
BPPV (positional), Meniere, vestibular migraine, neuritis, PPPD.
Med Use
Antihistamines, anti-nausea, migraine meds. Many situational.
Vestibular Rehab
PT specialized in balance. Brain compensates with practice.
Exercise + Movement
Counter-intuitive: movement helps. Avoidance worsens.
Diet (Meniere)
Low salt, low caffeine, low alcohol for Meniere patients.
Make Every Visit Count
Bring vertigo diary, trigger log, fall record.
Your Care Team
ENT, neurology, vestibular PT, audiology, sometimes psychiatry.
Tracking
Vertigo apps, symptom diaries, hearing apps.
Insurance + Cost
PT often covered. Some testing requires specialty referral.
Teach & Mentor
Patients often misdiagnosed for years. Your story shortcuts theirs.
Advocate
Vestibular Disorders Association — awareness and research.
Research & Trials
Genetic causes of Meniere, novel migraine prevention, balance prosthetics.