Migraine

On my Meniere's board, we're discussing something else but this came up. I wondered what it was. Anyone heard of it? It's a new phrase to me:

Migraine Related Vestibulopathy (MRV) is:
”A disorder whose diagnosis is based on a history of migraine, reports of sensitivity to space and motion and vestibular symptoms that do not fit any other vestibular condition.”
The quote was attributed to the following articles:
Baloh RW. Neurotology of migraine. Headache. 1997;37:615-21
Cass SP, Furman, JM, Ankerstjerne JKP, et al. Migraine-related vestibulopathy. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 1997;106: 182-9
Harker LA, Rassekh C. Migraine equivalent as a cause of episodic vertigo. Laryngoscope 1988;98:160-4

A poster wondered if it was the same thing as MAV.

Learning something new every day...

I found a neat site with some definitions. Interestingly, in the definitions section, I found migraine related vestibulopathy but not MAV.

'Migraine-related Vestibulopathy'

Here's the page that would have had MAV on it. It has a couple of migraine-related entries but nothing about MAV.

Medical Dictionary List For Letter 'M' - Page 8

I'm not familiar with this site. On the left, it has links to ICD9 codes and PUBMED searches. When I searched the ICD9 codes for migraine related vestibulopathy, this is what it gave me.

Migraine Related Vestibulopathy


When I searched for the ICD9 codes for MAV, it gave me this.

Migraine Associated Vertigo

HA HA HA! I'm so proud of myself! I learned how to search ICD9 codes online!

Many, many moons ago, I worked for Blue Cross and Blue Shield. This was back when Word Perfect was called ATMS (a gold star and a special anti-migraine sugar cookie for anyone else who remembers that far back! ). Never thought I'd be back into them again and certainly never thought I'd be doing it outside a paper document.

The codes are very slightly different with vestibulopathy appearing to concentrate on the vertigo aspect and the MAV appearing to concentrate on the migraine aspect. Am I analysing this the way everyone else is?

Edit: for my buds, I'm posting this here and on my Meniere's board too.

Edit again: Can y'all tell I'm having a clear day today? Thank you, everyone, for your prayers and good thoughts. Were it not for you and the providence of God, we would be lost. Tough days, these. I posted a short blog update on Daddy last night.