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Topic: Benign Positional Vertigo
Subject: Medicine
Which one of the following is characteristic of benign positional vertigo?

A. A duration of 10-15 minutes

B. Associated hearing loss and tinnitus

C. Associated diplopia and facial numbness

D. Being triggered by turning the head

Correct Answer : D.


Benign positional vertigo is provoked by a change in position and lasts only 10-20 seconds.
>Menieres disease involves vertigo lasting for hours, and is accompanied by unilateral hearing loss and tinnitus.
>Vertebrobasilar insufficiency can cause vertigo, diplopia, and facial numbness.
>Migraine-associated vertigo is preceded or accompanied by headache.

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