{"id":19537,"date":"2026-10-09T13:03:49","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T11:03:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ivrt.de\/?p=19537"},"modified":"2026-10-09T13:03:54","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T11:03:54","slug":"vestibular-neuritis-what-is-the-cause","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ivrt.de\/en\/patientenblog\/neuritis-vestibularis-was-ist-der-ausloeser\/","title":{"rendered":"Vestibular neuritis: What is the trigger?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The exact causes of the <a href=\"https:\/\/ivrt.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Neuritis-Vestibularis.jpg\" data-type=\"attachment\" data-id=\"14101\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">inflammation of the vestibular nerve<\/a> They are not yet 100% % understood medically, but the most common hypothesis is: reactivation of herpes viruses!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How this sudden nerve loss occurs in the body:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udc49 Sleeping viruses: Many people are already infected with herpes viruses as children (e.g., with chickenpox). These viruses remain inactive in the body and \u201ewait\u201c for an opportunity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udc49 The trigger for stress: In weakened immune systems or chronic stress, the body secretes more cortisol. Cortisol suppresses the immune system \u2013 the viruses are reactivated!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udc49 Comparison with shingles: Just like with shingles, the reactivated viruses attack the nerve \u2013 in this case the vestibular nerve in the inner ear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udc49 The effect: The inflamed nerve dies, no longer transmits data to the brain and suddenly leads to massive rotational vertigo, nystagmus, and severe balance disorders!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udc49 Would you like to learn more about the development and diagnosis of vestibular neuritis? Take a look now at our detailed <a href=\"https:\/\/ivrt.de\/en\/dizziness-disorders\/vestibular-neuritis\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/ivrt.de\/schwindelerkrankungen\/neuritis-vestibularis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Patient information<\/a> or that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hVZMpMS9eUI\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hVZMpMS9eUI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Main video on YouTube<\/a> may apply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udccd Are you looking for qualified therapists near you who specialize in dizziness? Use our <a href=\"https:\/\/ivrt.de\/en\/for-patients\/dizziness-vestibular-therapist-search\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"101\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Therapist search<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Die genauen Ursachen f\u00fcr die Entz\u00fcndung des Gleichgewichtsnervs sind medizinisch noch nicht zu 100 % gekl\u00e4rt, aber die g\u00e4ngigste Hypothese lautet: Reaktivierung von Herpesviren! Wie es im K\u00f6rper zu diesem pl\u00f6tzlichen Nervenausfall kommt: \ud83d\udc49 Schlafende Viren: Viele Menschen stecken sich bereits im Kindesalter (z. B. bei Windpocken) mit Herpesviren an. Diese Viren verbleiben inaktiv im [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":19538,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_surecart_dashboard_logo_width":"180px","_surecart_dashboard_show_logo":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_orders":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_invoices":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_subscriptions":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_downloads":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_billing":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_account":true,"_jf_save_progress":"","iawp_total_views":2,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[316],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-patientenblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ivrt.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19537","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ivrt.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ivrt.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ivrt.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ivrt.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19537"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ivrt.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19537\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19539,"href":"https:\/\/ivrt.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19537\/revisions\/19539"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ivrt.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ivrt.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ivrt.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ivrt.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19537"}],"curies":[{"name":"WP","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}