vertigo
Sign in to saveVertigo is a condition in which a person has the sensation that they are moving, or that objects around them are moving, when that is not the case. Often it feels like a spinning or swaying movement. It may be associated with nausea, vomiting, perspiration, or difficulties walking. It is typically worse when the head is moved. Vertigo is the most common type of dizziness.
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Vertigo is a sensation that you or your surroundings are spinning or swaying when they actually aren't moving, and it can cause nausea, sweating, and balance problems that typically worsen when you move your head. It matters because vertigo is the most common type of dizziness people experience, significantly affecting their ability to function in daily life.
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Key facts
- Medical condition.name
- Vertigo
- Medical condition.image
- 3D still showing Vertigo.jpg
- Medical condition.caption
- Computer render depicting the sensation of vertigo
- Medical condition.field
- Otorhinolaryngology
- Medical condition.symptoms
- Feeling of spinning or swaying, vomiting, difficulty walking
- Medical condition.causes
- Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV), Ménière's disease, vestibular neuritis, stroke, brain tumors, brain injury, multiple sclerosis, migraine
- Medical condition.differential
- Presyncope, disequilibrium, non-specific dizziness
- Medical condition.medication
- None
- Medical condition.frequency
- 20–40% at some point and could cause death
- Medical condition.deaths
- 1,000,000 people a year
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Article
21 sectionsContents
- Classification
- Peripheral
- Central
- Signs and symptoms
- Genetics
- Pathophysiology
- Diagnosis
- Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo
- Ménière's disease
- Vestibular neuritis
- Vestibular migraine
- Motion sickness
- Alternobaric vertigo
- Decompression sickness
- Stroke
- Vertebrobasilar insufficiency
- Management
- Etymology
- See also
- References
- External links
Vertigo is a condition in which a person has the sensation that they are moving, or that objects around them are moving, when that is not the case. Often it feels like a spinning or swaying movement. It may be associated with nausea, vomiting, perspiration, or difficulties walking. It is typically worse when the head is moved. Vertigo is the most common type of dizziness.
The most common disorders that result in vertigo are benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV), Ménière's disease, and vestibular neuritis. Less common causes include stroke, brain tumors, brain injury, multiple sclerosis, migraines, trauma, and uneven pressures between the middle ears. Physiologic vertigo may occur following being exposed to motion for a prolonged period such as when on a ship or simply following spinning with the eyes closed. Other causes may include toxin exposures such as to carbon monoxide, alcohol, or aspirin. Vertigo typically indicates a problem in a part of the vestibular system. Other causes of dizziness include presyncope, disequilibrium, and non-specific dizziness.