Differential testing
- Vestibular function (VNG)
- Autonomic function (ANS)
- Balance and gait assessment
- Brain and cervical imaging (MRI · MRA)
- Full blood panel
- ECG
- Echocardiography
The word is always “dizzy,”
but what if the causes all differ?
BPPV, Ménière’s, tinnitus: as many causes as there are names. Four departments, Neurology, Rehabilitation Medicine, Korean Medicine and Internal Medicine, start by sorting out the cause.
Dizziness has many causes, and a single department can easily miss one. Four departments see you together.
The tests that find the cause and the exercise therapy that follows, bundled into one.
1–2 times a week · 4–8 weeks
Ask about this optionThe composition and duration may be adjusted to the individual after consultation. Non-covered items are included; details are provided at the time of reservation. Fees may vary with the test schedule and insurance coverage.
Not the symptom.
We treat the cause.
It all continues inside one building. You never leave for a test or a consultation.
We start by checking when it happens, in what position, and how long the spinning lasts.
VNG, ANS, balance, imaging, blood and heart. Only what is needed is chosen.
Neurology, Rehabilitation Medicine, Korean Medicine and Internal Medicine read the results together in one place.
Depending on the cause, treatment is chosen from repositioning maneuvers, medication, acupuncture, Chuna and pharmacopuncture, or medical correction.
On 5F, your sense of balance is retrained. VNG testing before and after rehabilitation shows the change.
From Kwangdong TV videos, press coverage and patient stories, we picked only those related to this program. Articles written by our doctors are in 05 Journal just below. Linked content is in Korean.
A classic example of causes that change with age.
Dizziness in special occupations, treated as its own subject.
What we look at next when every test comes back normal.
Coverage that links dizziness to the risk of falling.
A record of a process sorted out in one place, without going from department to department.
All videos, press items and stories here are material Kwangdong Hospital has already made public, and titles, dates and sources are carried over as in the original. Linked content is in Korean.
Articles in which four departments explain the causes of dizziness one by one.
Dizziness can start in the inner ear, the brain, the neck or the heart. How Kwangdong Hospital's Dizziness Center finds the cause and retrains balance.
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Not the symptom,
but the cause.