Dizziness and Vertigo Symptoms

Signs and symptoms
... The signs and symptoms of BPPV may include: Dizziness A sense that you or your surroundings are spinning or moving (vertigo) Lightheadedness Unsteadiness A loss of balance Blurred vision following qui...

Causes
... The organ of balance in your inner ear is the vestibular labyrinth. It includes loop-shaped structures (semicircular canals) that contain fluid and fine, hair-like sensors that monitor the rotation of...

Dizziness and Vertigo Treatment

Complications
... Dizziness due to BPPV can increase your risk of falling. Accidents while driving a car or operating heavy machinery are more likely. You may also experience long-term consequences if an existing healt...

Treatment
... To help relieve BPPV, your doctor may instruct you in a series of movements known as the canalith repositioning procedure. Performed in your doctor''s office, this procedure consists of several simple...

Dizziness and Vertigo Support

Coping skills
... Living with BPPV can be challenging. It may affect your interaction with friends and family, your productivity at work, and the overall quality of your life. You may find encouragement and understandi...

Dizziness and Vertigo Other

Overview
... If you''ve ever peered down from a scenic mountain overlook or from the balcony of a tall building, you may have experienced vertigo — the sudden, unsteady sensation that you or your surrounding...

Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo
... Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV) is a disorder in which changing your head position with respect to gravity leads to sudden vertigo - a feeling that the room is spinning around. The vertigo...