About our e-newsletters
- Free e-newsletters
- Mayo Clinic expertise
- We do not share your e-mail address
Housecall, our weekly general-interest e-newsletter, keeps you up to date on a wide variety of health topics with timely, reliable, practical information, recipes, blogs, questions and answers with Mayo Clinic experts and more. Our biweekly topic-specific e-newsletters also include blogs, questions and answers with Mayo Clinic experts, and other useful information that will help you manage your health.
Housecall Archives
Mayo Clinic Housecall
Stay up to date on the latest health information.
What you get
- Free weekly e-newsletter
- Mayo Clinic expertise
- Recipes, tools and other helpful information
- We do not share your e-mail address
Risk factors
By Mayo Clinic staffBenign paroxysmal positional vertigo occurs most often in people age 60 and older but can occur at any age. Aside from aging, there are no definite factors that may increase your risk of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo. However, a prior head injury or any other disorder of the balance organs of your ear may make you more susceptible to BPPV.
- Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV). Vestibular Disorders Association. http://www.vestibular.org/vestibular-disorders/specific-disorders/bppv.php. Accessed April 7, 2010.
- Barton J. Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV). http://www.uptodate.com/home/index.html. Accessed April 7, 2010.
- Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo. The Merck Manuals: The Merck Manual for Healthcare Professionals. http://www.merck.com/mmpe/sec08/ch086/ch086c.html. Accessed April 7, 2010.
- Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV). American Hearing Association. http://www.american-hearing.org/disorders/benign-paroxysmal-positional-vertigobppv/. Accessed April 7, 2010.
- Fife TD, et al. Practice parameter: Therapies for benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (an evidence-based review). American Academy of Neurology. http://www.aan.com/practice/guideline/uploads/351.pdf. Accessed April 7, 2010.
- Shephard NT (expert opinion). Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. April 9, 2010.
Find Mayo Clinic on