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What Are The Symptoms Of Vertigo?
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Vertigo is the illusion that either your body or your environment is moving (usually "spinning"). Vertigo can be a symptom of many different illnesses and disorders. The most common causes of vertigo are illnesses that affect the inner ear, including:
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Benign positional vertigo - In this condition, a change in head position causes sudden episodes of a spinning sensation. The most likely cause is small crystals that break loose in the canals of the inner ear and...
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Source: HealthCentral Encyclopedia
Vertigo is a type of dizziness felt as a shift in a person's relationship to the normal environment (a feeling that the room is spinning is common)... Read more »
Migraine and Headache Glossaay, Vertigo
Vertigo is the sensation of spinning or whirling. Vertigo is not the same as light-headedness or dizziness. People with vertigo feel as though they... Read more »
Vertigo-associated disorders
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Peripheral vertigo; Central vertigoSymptomsThe primary symptom is a sensation that you or the room is moving or spinning. The spinning sensation may... Read more »
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Benign positional vertigo
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
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