Svindel
Also known as bonaventure
typ av yrsel eller höjdskräck
AI overview
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
via Wikipedia infobox
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Svindel har förr använts som ett annat ord för yrsel, medicinsk term vertigo; numera är det en synonym för höjdskräck, medicinsk term akrofobi.
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