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Dizziness and Vertigo

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Summary

When you're dizzy, you may feel lightheaded, woozy, or disoriented. If you feel like you or the room are spinning, you have vertigo. These feelings may make you lose your balance.

Dizziness can have many different causes. A sudden drop in blood pressure or being dehydrated can make you dizzy. Many people feel lightheaded if they get up too quickly from sitting or lying down. Certain medicines and problems with your inner ear may cause dizziness. So can motion sickness. Sometimes dizziness can be a symptom of other disorders.

As people get older, they may have more health problems and take more medicines. This makes them more likely to have problems with dizziness and balance.

Dizziness usually gets better by itself or is easily treated. If you are dizzy often, you should see your health care provider to find the cause.

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Start Here

  • Dizziness (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) Also in Spanish

Symptoms

  • Vestibular Symptoms (Vestibular Disorders Association)

Diagnosis and Tests

  • Balance Tests From the National Institutes of Health (National Library of Medicine) Also in Spanish
  • Videonystagmography (VNG) From the National Institutes of Health (National Library of Medicine) Also in Spanish

Treatments and Therapies

  • Canalith Repositioning Procedure (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) Also in Spanish
  • Home-Based Exercise (Vestibular Disorders Association)
  • Medication (for Vestibular Disorders) (Vestibular Disorders Association)
  • Surgical Procedures for Vestibular Dysfunction (Vestibular Disorders Association)

Living With

  • Dealing With Dizziness: Getting Help for a Balance Disorder From the National Institutes of Health (National Institutes of Health) Also in Spanish
  • Living with a Vestibular Disorder (Vestibular Disorders Association)
  • Support Group Directory (Vestibular Disorders Association)

Related Issues

  • Autoimmune Inner Ear Disease (Vestibular Disorders Association)
  • Cholesteatoma (American Academy of Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery)
  • Enlarged Vestibular Aqueduct (EVA) (Vestibular Disorders Association)
  • Otosclerosis From the National Institutes of Health (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders) Also in Spanish

Specifics

  • Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV) (American Academy of Family Physicians) Also in Spanish
  • Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV) (Vestibular Disorders Association)
  • Causes of Dizziness (Vestibular Disorders Association)
  • Cervicogenic Dizziness (Vestibular Disorders Association)
  • Labyrinthitis and Vestibular Neuritis (Vestibular Disorders Association)
  • Mal de Débarquement Syndrome (MdDS) (American Brain Foundation)
  • Ototoxicity (Vestibular Disorders Association)
  • Perilymph Fistula (Vestibular Disorders Association)
  • Vestibular Migraine Video (Johns Hopkins Medicine)

Clinical Trials

  • ClinicalTrials.gov: Dizziness From the National Institutes of Health (National Institutes of Health)
  • ClinicalTrials.gov: Vertigo From the National Institutes of Health (National Institutes of Health)
  • ClinicalTrials.gov: Vestibular Diseases From the National Institutes of Health (National Institutes of Health)

Journal Articles References and abstracts from MEDLINE/PubMed (National Library of Medicine)

  • Article: Use of Technology for Exercise Prescription Among Persons With Dizziness: A...
  • Article: Influence of Seasonal Changes on Emergency Transports for Vertigo/Dizziness: A Study...
  • Article: Development of an Eco-Friendly Smartphone-Assisted Nystagmus Recording System for Recording Vertigo...
  • Dizziness and Vertigo -- see more articles

Reference Desk

  • Glossary From the National Institutes of Health (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
  • Human Balance System (Vestibular Disorders Association)
  • Types of Vestibular Disorders (Vestibular Disorders Association)

Find an Expert

  • Directory of Organizations From the National Institutes of Health (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
  • Find an ENT (Ear, Nose, and Throat Specialist) (American Academy of Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery)
  • National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders From the National Institutes of Health

Children

  • Ototoxicity (Ear Poisoning) (For Parents) (Nemours Foundation) Also in Spanish

Older Adults

  • Balance and Aging (Vestibular Disorders Association) - PDF

Patient Handouts

  • Benign positional vertigo (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
  • Benign positional vertigo -- aftercare (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
  • Dizziness (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
  • Dizziness and vertigo -- aftercare (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
  • Electronystagmography (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
  • Epley maneuver (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
  • Labyrinthitis (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
  • Vertigo-associated disorders (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish

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Dizziness and Vertigo

MEDICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA

  • Benign positional vertigo
  • Benign positional vertigo -- aftercare
  • Caloric stimulation
  • Dizziness
  • Dizziness and vertigo -- aftercare
  • Electronystagmography
  • Epley maneuver
  • Labyrinthitis
  • Labyrinthitis - aftercare
  • Vertigo-associated disorders

Related Health Topics

  • Balance Problems
  • Meniere's Disease
  • Motion Sickness

National Institutes of Health

The primary NIH organization for research on Dizziness and Vertigo is the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders

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