vertigo

Also known as bonaventure

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.

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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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Research

24,659 papers

[Vertigo and dizziness].ReviewRinsho shinkeigaku = Clinical neurology · 2021Johkura KDOI: 10.5692/clinicalneurol.cn-001570
Benign paroxysmal vertigo of childhood.ReviewHandbook of clinical neurology · 2023Gurberg J, Tomczak KK, Brodsky JRDOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-823356-6.00004-4
Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Cervical Vertigo.ReviewPain physician · 2015Li Y, Peng B
Vertigo.ReviewLancet (London, England) · 1998Baloh RWDOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(98)05430-0
Peripheral Vertigo.ReviewEmergency medicine clinics of North America · 2019Omron RDOI: 10.1016/j.emc.2018.09.004
Vertigo.ReviewCurrent opinion in neurology · 1998Lempert TDOI: 10.1097/00019052-199802000-00002
Migraine Associated Vertigo.ReviewAdvances in oto-rhino-laryngology · 2019Hain T, Cherchi MDOI: 10.1159/000490280
Vertigo Related to Central Nervous System Disorders.ReviewContinuum (Minneapolis, Minn.) · 2021Saha KDOI: 10.1212/CON.0000000000000933

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Wikidata facts

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Commons category: Vertigo
ICD-9-CM: 780.4
ICPC 2 ID: N17
exact match: purl.obolibrary.org/obo/SYMP_0000399
NCI Thesaurus ID: C38057

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Article

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Contents

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

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.