Dizziness

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Dizziness
ICD-10 R42
ICD-9 780.4
DiseasesDB 17771
eMedicine neuro/693 
MeSH C10.597.751.237

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Overview

Many different terms are often used to describe what is collectively known as dizziness. Common descriptions include words such as lightheaded, floating, whoozy, giddy, confused, helpless or fuzzy. Vertigo, Disequilibrium and Pre-syncope are the terms in use by most doctors. Dizziness is sometimes a symptom of a balance disorder.

Vertigo

The word "vertigo" comes from the Latin "vertere", to turn + the suffix "-igo", a condition = a condition of turning about.

Vertigo is a specific medical term used to describe the sensation of spinning or having the room spin about you. Most people find vertigo very disturbing and often report associated nausea and vomiting.

Otologic causes of vertigo

Typically if the vertigo arises from the inner ear, it is severe and has associated nausea and vomiting. One common cause of otologic vertigo is benign paroxysmal positional vertigo BPPV. Alternate causes of vertigo originating from the inner ear include Meniere's disease and labyrinthitis.

Central nervous system causes of vertigo:

If vertigo arises from the balance centers of the brain, it is typically more mild, and usually has accompanying neurologic deficits, such as slurred speech, double vision or nystagmus. Alternately, brain pathology can cause a sensation of disequilibrium which is an off-balance sensation.

Disequilibrium

Disequilibrium is the sensation of being off balance, and is most often characterized by frequent falls in a specific direction. This condition is not often associated with nausea or vomiting.

Pre-syncope

Pre-syncope is most often described as lightheaded or feeling faint. Syncope, by contrast, is actually fainting. Pre-syncope, or lightheadedness, does not result from primary central nervous system pathology. Nor does it originate in the inner ear. It is most often cardiovascular in etiology. In many patients, lightheadedness is a symptom of orthostatic hypotension. Orthostatic hypotension occurs when the blood pressure drops significantly when the patient stands from a supine or seated position. If loss of consciousness occurs in this situation, it is termed syncope.

Complete Differential Diagnosis of the causes of Dizziness

(In alphabetical order)


Complete Differential Diagnosis of the Causes of ...

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Cardiovascular No underlying causes
Chemical / poisoning No underlying causes
Dermatologic No underlying causes
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information), Methimazole (patient information), Methocarbamol Oral (patient information), Methotrexate (patient information), Methyclothiazide (patient information), Methylprednisolone Oral (patient information), Metipranolol Ophthalmic (patient information), Metolazone (patient information), Metoprolol (patient information), Miglitol (patient information), Minoxidil Oral (patient information), Mitomycin (patient information), Modafinil (patient information), Moexipril (patient information), Moricizine (patient information), Morphine Oral (patient information), Mycophenolate (patient information), Nabilone (patient information), Nabumetone (patient information), Nadolol (patient information), Naratriptan (patient information), Natalizumab injection (patient information), Nateglinide oral (patient information), Nelfinavir (patient information), Nevirapine (patient information), Nicardipine (patient information), Nicotine gum (patient information), Nicotine lozenges (patient 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Thioridazine (patient information), Thiotepa (patient information), Thiothixene Oral (patient information), Ticarcillin Disodium Injection (patient information), Tiludronate (patient information), Timolol Oral (patient information), Tizanidine (patient information), Tocainide (patient information), Tolazamide (patient information), Tolbutamide (patient information), Tolcapone (patient information), Topotecan Hydrochloride (patient information), Torsemide Oral (patient information), Tranylcypromine (patient information), Trastuzumab (patient information), Triamcinolone Oral (patient information), Triazolam (patient information), Trifluoperazine Oral (patient information), Trihexyphenidyl (patient information), Trimeprazine (patient information), Trimethobenzamide (patient information), Trimetrexate Glucuronate (patient information), Trimipramine (patient information), Trovafloxacin (patient information), Valganciclovir (patient information), Vardenafil (patient information), Voriconazole (patient information), Vorinostat (patient information), Zaleplon (patient information), Zanamivir Inhalation (patient information), Zidovudine Oral (patient information), Zileuton (patient information), Ziprasidone (patient information), Zoledronic Acid Injection (patient information), Zolmitriptan Oral (patient information), Zolpidem (patient information), Zonisamide (patient information),

Ear Nose Throat No underlying causes
Endocrine No underlying causes
Environmental No underlying causes
Gastroenterologic No underlying causes
Genetic No underlying causes
Hematologic No underlying causes
Iatrogenic No underlying causes
Infectious Disease No underlying causes
Musculoskeletal / Ortho No underlying causes
Neurologic No underlying causes
Nutritional / Metabolic No underlying causes
Obstetric/Gynecologic No underlying causes
Oncologic No underlying causes
Opthalmologic No underlying causes
Overdose / Toxicity No underlying causes
Psychiatric No underlying causes
Pulmonary No underlying causes
Renal / Electrolyte No underlying causes
Rheum / Immune / Allergy No underlying causes
Sexual No underlying causes
Trauma No underlying causes
Urologic No underlying causes
Miscellaneous No underlying causes

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Template:Skin and subcutaneous tissue symptoms and signs Template:Nervous and musculoskeletal system symptoms and signs Template:Urinary system symptoms and signs Template:Cognition, perception, emotional state and behaviour symptoms and signs Template:Speech and voice symptoms and signs Template:General symptoms and signs

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