Dizziness
As long as the world is turning and spinning, we're gonna be dizzy and we're gonna make mistakes - Mel Brooks
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Getting Specific About Dizziness
Dizziness is not a disease but rather a symptom that can result from a huge variety of underlying disorders or, in some cases, no disorder at all. Readily determining its cause and how best to treat it — or whether to let it resolve on its own — can depend on how well patients are able to describe exactly how they feel during a dizziness episode and the circumstances under which it usually occurs.
For example, I recently experienced a rather frightening attack of dizziness, accompanied by nausea, at a food and beverage tasting event where I ate much more than I usually do. Suddenly feeling that I might faint at any moment, I lay down on a concrete balcony for about 10 minutes until…
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New innovation improves the diagnosis of dizziness
Half of over-65s suffer from dizziness and problems with balance. But some tests to identify the causes of such problems are painful and can risk hearing damage. Now, researchers from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have developed a new testing device using bone conduction technology, that offers significant advantages over the current tests.
Why do I feel dizzy after spinning?
Sometimes, it takes a while for your brain to catch up to your body.
Why Doctors Dismiss Dizziness
It’s one of the most common medical complaints, but patients say many doctors don’t take it seriously.
Articles of Interest
The Dizzy Patient
Extensive section from Fauquier ENT Consultants on dizziness.
Can the Mind Cure Your Dizziness?
My ear is going to heal or not, but in the meantime, I realized, I could choose to put my energy into creating positive thoughts and emotions, even if they seem unreasonable. At the least, I'll experience more joy and ease.
Dizziness Can Be a Fatal Side Effect of Many Medications
Lightheadedness and disorientation are among the most common side effects of prescription drugs.
Dizzy and Disoriented, With No Cure in Sight
Finally, my doctor recommended a new neurologist who performed some simple tests and casually gave me a diagnosis of vestibular migraines, a condition that didn’t exist in medical journals 20 years ago.
Everything you ever wanted to know about vertigo (but were too dizzy to ask)
Is it the result of stress? Or an ear infection? And will it actually go away if rest is avoided?
Spin, Dance, Jump, Repeat!
Why don’t figure skaters get dizzy?
What causes dizziness?
Light-headedness is a very different type of dizziness that does not involve the apparent movement of the environment. Instead, patients with this type of dizziness generally feel as though they are floating or as though they may faint. Common causes of light-headedness include decreased blood flow to the brain, a medication side effect, or extreme anxiety.
Why do I feel dizzy after spinning?
The feeling you get as soon as you step off a merry-go-round is a hard one to forget. You crash to the ground only to look up and watch the sky continue to spin. You’ve stopped moving, but this dizzying feeling continues. Why?
Resources
8 Reasons You Get Dizzy
Who hasn’t gotten up quickly from sitting down and felt a little bit dizzy? Or had a stomach virus and things spun a bit? But while dizziness can be a side effect of minor health issues, it can also be a sign of a serious health problem.
Balance MD
Significant advancements have occurred in the field of vestibular medicine (specialty dealing with the symptoms of dizziness and vertigo) over the past 20 years. BalanceMD, led by Dr. Scott K Sanders, has the most up-to-date diagnostic technology and knowledge to help you with your symptoms.
Dizziness & Vertigo Support Group
Dizziness is the sensation of instability. Vertigo refers to dizziness with a sensation of motion. Vertigo is more likely than other types of dizziness to be associated with nausea, vomiting, or double vision, to occur even when lying down, and to feel better with the eyes closed. If you are a frequent sufferer of dizziness or vertigo, join the group and find support.
Dizziness-and-Balance.com
Information about dizziness, balance and hearing.
Dizzy.com
We are committed to providing consistent, high-quality, evidence-based care in balance health to all persons and providing professional development to practitioners throughout the world.
National Dizzy and Balance Center
NDBC is a unique outpatient clinic system. We combine Physicians, Audiologists, and Physical Therapists all within each facility to offer a true multidisciplinary approach to vertigo, dizziness, balance disorders, and concussions. This approach to patient care is what makes our clinics so unique.
Vestibular Disorders Association
Because of the many possible causes of dizziness, getting a correct diagnosis can be a long and frustrating experience.
Whirled Foundation
Whirled Foundation is a national non-profit, non-government organisation for vestibular problem sufferers.
Mayo Clinic
Dizziness is one of the most common reasons adults visit their doctors — right up there with chest pain and fatigue. Although frequent dizzy spells or constant dizziness can keep you from doing much of anything, dizziness rarely signals a serious, life-threatening condition. Treatment of dizziness depends on the cause and your symptoms, but is usually effective.
MedicineNet
Dizziness is a painless head discomfort with many possible causes including disturbances of vision, the brain, balance (vestibular) system of the inner ear, and gastrointestinal system. Dizziness is a medically indistinct term which laypersons use to describe a variety of conditions such as lightheadedness, unsteadiness, and vertigo.
