Bettolepsy

Bettolepsy (from the Greek betto - cough and lepsis - grasping, attack) is paroxysmal dizziness, sometimes to the point of loss of consciousness, that occurs when coughing.

Synonyms: laryngeal dizziness, laryngeal crisis, cough syncope, cough-brain syndrome, cough-syncope syndrome, cough epilepsy.

Bettolepsy is caused by reflex excitation of the vagus nerve when irritated by a cough impulse of the receptors of the larynx and trachea. This leads to a short-term cessation of breathing, a decrease in blood pressure and venous congestion in the brain, causing an attack of dizziness or loss of consciousness.

Bettolepsy is most often observed in children and people with low blood pressure. Attacks are provoked by an intense, prolonged cough (for example, with whooping cough, bronchitis). For treatment, antitussive drugs are used, as well as training the respiratory muscles and hardening the body. The prognosis is favorable, since the sensitivity of reflex arcs decreases with age.

**Bettolepsy** is a rare neurological disorder that causes attacks of dizziness and loss of consciousness caused by rapid and deep coughing or laughter, as well as in other circumstances when there is a sudden contraction of the muscles of the larynx. The disease is characterized by the presence of convulsive attacks of fainting (larynx and cough), which are repeated regularly. Bettolepsy can be confused with another disease - epilepsy, but, as a rule, these two diseases are still diagnosed separately. The cause of the pathology is damage