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Vertigo Vs Migraine Symptoms
Vertigo is a type of
Although dizziness and vertigo are often used interchangeably, they are not the same thing. While all vertigo is dizziness, not all dizziness is vertigo.
True vertigo, from the Latin "vertere," to turn, is a distinct, often severe form of dizziness that is a movement hallucination.
There are four major types of...
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Vertigo
Source: Harvard Decision Guide
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Benign positional vertigo
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
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