
From the room spinning to feeling like you’re about to faint, dizziness is a scary feeling.

“Safety and Efficacy of Single-Dose Vaccine against Covid-19.” N Engl J Med.If you have ever experienced dizzy spells, you know they affect everything you do. “Efficacy and Safety of the mRNA-1273 SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine.” N Engl J Med 384(5): 403-416. “Non-life-threatening adverse effects with COVID-19 mRNA-1273 vaccine: A randomized, cross-sectional study on healthcare workers with detailed self-reported symptoms.” J Med Virol. “Safety and Efficacy of the BNT162b2 mRNA Covid-19 Vaccine.” N Engl J Med 383(27): 2603-2615. There are solutions and we’re here to provide them! ĭizzy patients like yourself don’t have to live their life in fear of their next attack. Please, reach out to our care team at (310) 954-2207 or fill out our contact form here. Our Vestibular Lab at the Dizzy & Vertigo Institute is equipped to find abnormalities and dysfunctions in your vestibular system which are causing dizziness, vertigo, and other balance problems. If you’re feeling residual vertigo, dizziness, or just feeling off (whether you had COVID, a vaccine or not), it’s worthwhile getting yourself checked out by a Vestibular Audiologist. We know this to be true of viruses that lead to Vestibular Neuritis or Labyrinthitis. Viruses that work their way into our inner or middle ear can cause damage and result in hearing or balance problems. See A Vestibular AudiologistĪs we addressed in the article about COVID and dizziness : New research is being conducted round the clock. The publicly available data from the Centers for Disease Control’s Vaccine Adverse Effects Reporting System (CDC VAERS) regarding the vaccines (Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson) is updated regularly. Their product monograph lists 21,895 vaccine participants with v ertigo symptoms reported by a small percentage of people (13 in the control group and 7 more in the placebo group).Īs you can see, the evidence is highly variable.
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With the J&J vaccine, the original trial with 19,630 receiving the vaccine zero reported vertigo or dizziness initially. 2021) with 432 vaccine recipients found that around 3% reported vertigo and around 14% experienced dizziness. While a smaller follow-up trial (Kadali, Janagama et al. Similarly for the Moderna vaccine, the original trial with 15,210 vaccine participants reported zero instances of dizziness or vertigo 3. 2021) reported about 8% of patients reported dizziness and 2% reported vertigo 2. But a smaller followup trial of 1,245 vaccine recipients ( Kadali, Janagama et al. In regards to the Pfizer vaccine, the first trial of 21,720 receiving the vaccine does not list dizziness/vertigo as a side effect 1. We’ve taken a deep dive for you into balance and dizziness research in particular: the results below are quite mixed. COVID Vaccine & Dizzinessīut what about the vaccines? At this point in time it’s quite difficult to say for certain if there’s a link between any of the COVID vaccines resulting in balance and hearing side effects. The reasons why COVID may cause balance and hearing side effects is still unknown and further studies are needed. Previously, we covered how COVID may be linked with lasting dizziness, vertigo, and tinnitus. Recently published research matches our patient’s dizzy experiences, and day by day the understanding of the disease evolves (Koralnik and Tyler 2020, Pinzon, Wijaya et al.

We’ve been working right alongside our patients through the COVID-19 pandemic to get to the bottom of their symptoms in and out of the clinic.

Being in the business of vertigo, initial Coronavirus (SARS CoV 2) symptoms including neurological, balance and hearing side effects, piqued our interest.
