When to Seek Medical Care

Call your doctor any time you experience vertigo and nausea for unclear reasons. The doctor will want to ask some questions and either see you in the office or have you go to your hospital's emergency department.

Go to a hospital if your doctor cannot see you in the office and you have vertigo that is causing repeated vomiting such that you may become dehydrated or cannot take your medications.

• Because driving yourself would be unsafe, you should have a friend or family member take you.
  
  
• Other symptoms that should prompt you to go to an emergency department would be the following:
  
  
  • Headache or ear pain
    
    
  • Fever
    
    
  • Stiff neck
    
    
  • Sensitivity of your eyes to light
    
    
  • Ringing or rushing noises in your ear
    
    
  • Speech difficulties
    
    
  • Weakness or numbness on 1 side of your body or face
    
    
  • Hearing loss
    
    
  • Fainting