Apparatus for diagnosing and treating dizziness

An apparatus for diagnosing and treating dizziness, comprising:

• a nystagmus detection unit executed by a processor configured to detect nystagmus from an eyeball of a patient suffering from dizziness;
• a motion sensing unit configured to sense a motion of the patient;
• a diagnosis unit executed by the processor configured to diagnose a type of dizziness suffered by the patient based on the detected nystagmus and the sensed motion as one of vestibular neuritis and benign paroxysmal positional vertigo;
• a storage unit configured to store different treatment methods respectively corresponding to different types of dizziness;
• an operation unit executed by the processor configured to search for a treatment method corresponding to the diagnosed type of dizziness among the treatment methods stored in the storage unit based on the diagnosed type of dizziness;
• and
• an output unit configured to output the searched treatment method for the diagnosed type of dizziness to the patient,
• wherein the nystagmus detection unit includes at least one electrode configured to measure a potential difference between a cornea and a retina of the eyeball, and
• wherein the diagnosis unit obtains a location where an otolith is located among semicircular ducts of the patient based on the detected nystagmus and the sensed motion of the patient when the type of dizziness is the benign paroxysmal positional vertigo.