🌀 Vertigo
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📝 Last reviewed: August 2026
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📝 Last reviewed: August 2026
| In brief | A strong sensation that you or your surroundings are spinning or moving, causing loss of balance and nausea. |
|---|---|
| Category | Neuro |
🔍 What causes it
Usually inner-ear: BPPV (loose calcium crystals — the most common), labyrinthitis (viral inflammation), or Ménière's disease. Rarer: brainstem issues, migraine-related. It's a symptom, not a disease.
⚠️ Key symptoms
- Spinning sensation, often with head movement
- Loss of balance
- Nausea and vomiting
- May include ringing in the ears
💊 Treatment
BPPV: the Epley manoeuvre (a guided head-positioning series — very effective, done by a clinician). Vestibular rehabilitation exercises. Medicines for nausea. See a doctor for sudden severe vertigo with slurred speech/weakness (stroke risk — urgent).
🛡️ Prevention
Avoid sudden head movements when prone, treat the underlying cause, vestibular exercises.
🚨 See a doctor / red flags: See a doctor promptly if symptoms are severe, do not improve, or get worse — especially for children, older adults, pregnant women, or anyone with a chronic condition.
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