Dizziness
Dizziness, which is sometimes called vertigo, is a sensation of either spinning around yourself or of being stationary while everything that is around you spins. It is not a disease. It is a symptom of a disturbance in the brain and/or the organs of balance in your inner ears . The disturbance may be caused by any of several underlying disorders.
Dizziness may be infrequent and mild, or you may have it very often and be so severely affected that you feel nauseated, vomit, lose your balance and fall down, or even faint.
The term vertigo is often incorrectly used to mean fear of heights. The correct term for fear of heights is acrophobia.
Dizziness is sometimes caused by a specific disease such as labyrinthitis or Meniere's disease . More often, however, the functional disorder that causes it is minor and only temporary, and the dizziness is also only minor and temporary. It is frequently impossible to discover the cause of the problem. Dizziness is especially likely to occur in the elderly.
What Should be Done?
If you have severe, prolonged, or repeated attacks of dizziness, consult your physician, who may arrange for special diagnostic tests to determine whether anything is seriously wrong. The best way to deal with dizziness is to lie down until it (and nausea, if any) goes away. If there is no identifiable underlying cause of persistent attacks, your physician may prescribe a drug that helps to stabilize the balancing mechanism in your inner ears.
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