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Vertigo

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vertigo
signs den symptoms
Subclass ofclinical sign, dizziness Edit
Studied byaudiology Edit
Health specialtyotolaryngology, neurology, audiologist, speech and language therapist Edit
ICD-9-CM438.85, 780.4 Edit
ICPC 2 IDN17 Edit

Vertigo be a condition insyd wich a person get de sensation wey dem dey move, anaa say objects around dem dey move, wen dat no be de case.[1] Often e dey feel like a spinning anaa swaying movement.[1][2] E fi be associated plus nausea, vomiting, perspiration, anaa difficulties walking.[2] E typically be worse wen de head be moved.[2] Vertigo be de most common type of dizziness.[2]

De most common disorders wey result in vertigo be benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV), Ménière's disease, den vestibular neuritis.[1][3] Less common causes dey include stroke, brain tumors, brain injury, multiple sclerosis, migraines, trauma, den uneven pressures between de middle ears.[3][4][5] Physiologic vertigo fi occur following being exposed to motion for a prolonged period such as wen on a ship anaa simply following spinning plus de eyes closed.[6][7] Oda causes fi include toxin exposures such as to carbon monoxide, alcohol, anaa aspirin.[8] Vertigo typically indicates a problem in a part of the vestibular system.[3] Oda causes of dizziness dey include presyncope, disequilibrium, den non-specific dizziness.[3]

Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo be more likely insyd sam bro wey get repeated episodes of vertigo plus movement wey e be otherwise normal between episodes.[9] Benign vertigo episodes generally dey last less dan one minute.[3] De Dix-Hallpike test typically dey produce a period of rapid eye movements dem know as nystagmus insyd dis condition.[1] Insyd Ménière's disease, der often be ringing insyd de ears, hearing loss, den de attacks of vertigo last more dan twenty minutes.[9] Insyd vestibular neuritis, de onset of vertigo be sudden, wey de nystagmus dey occur even wen de person no dey move.[9] Insyd dis condition, vertigo fi last for days.[3] More severe causes sanso for be considered,[9] especially if oda problems such as weakness, headache, double vision, anaa numbness occur.[3]

Dizziness dey affect approximately 20–40% of people at sam point, while about 7.5–10% get vertigo.[10] About 5% get vertigo insyd a given year.[11] E cam be more common plus age den dey affect women two to three times more often dan men.[11] Vertigo dey account for about 2–3% of emergency department visits insyd de developed world.[11]

References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 Post, RE; Dickerson, LM (2010). "Dizziness: a diagnostic approach". American Family Physician. 82 (4): 361–369. PMID 20704166. Archived from the original on 2013-06-06.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Hogue, JD (June 2015). "Office Evaluation of Dizziness". Primary Care: Clinics in Office Practice. 42 (2): 249–258. doi:10.1016/j.pop.2015.01.004. PMID 25979586.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Hogue, JD (June 2015). "Office Evaluation of Dizziness". Primary Care: Clinics in Office Practice. 42 (2): 249–258. doi:10.1016/j.pop.2015.01.004. PMID 25979586.
  4. ↑ Wicks, RE (January 1989). "Alternobaric vertigo: an aeromedical review". Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine. 60 (1): 67–72. PMID 2647073.
  5. ↑ Buttaro, Terry Mahan; Trybulski, JoAnn; Polgar-Bailey, Patricia; Sandberg-Cook, Joanne (2012). Primary Care – E-Book: A Collaborative Practice (in English) (4 ed.). Elsevier Health Sciences. p. 354. ISBN 978-0323075855. Archived from the original on 2017-09-08.
  6. ↑ Falvo, Donna R. (2014). Medical and psychosocial aspects of chronic illness and disability (5 ed.). Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning. p. 273. ISBN 9781449694425. Archived from the original on 2015-07-02.
  7. ↑ Wardlaw, Joanna M. (2008). Clinical neurology. London: Manson. p. 107. ISBN 9781840765182. Archived from the original on 2015-07-02.
  8. ↑ Goebel, Joel A. (2008). Practical management of the dizzy patient (2nd ed.). Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. p. 97. ISBN 9780781765626. Archived from the original on 2015-07-02.
  9. 1 2 3 4 Kerber, KA (2009). "Vertigo and dizziness in the emergency department". Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America. 27 (1): 39–50. doi:10.1016/j.emc.2008.09.002. PMC 2676794. PMID 19218018.
  10. ↑ von Brevern, M; Neuhauser, H (2011). "Epidemiological evidence for a link between vertigo & migraine". Journal of Vestibular Research. 21 (6): 299–304. doi:10.3233/VES-2011-0423. PMID 22348934.
  11. 1 2 3 Neuhauser HK, Lempert T (November 2009). "Vertigo: epidemiologic aspects" (PDF). Seminars in Neurology. 29 (5): 473–81. doi:10.1055/s-0029-1241043. PMID 19834858. S2CID 260318174.
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