Dizziness

• Dizziness Overview
• Dizziness Causes
• Dizziness Symptoms
• When to Seek Medical Care
• Exams and Tests
• Dizziness Treatment
• Self-Care at Home
• Medical Treatment
• Next Steps
• Outlook
• Synonyms and Keywords
• Authors and Editors

Dizziness Overview

Dizziness is a common description for many different feelings. The feeling of dizziness may be very familiar to you, yet difficult to describe.

Vertigo is a medical term to describe the feeling of spinning, whirling, or motion either of yourself or your surroundings. This is the same feeling you might have after getting off a merry-go-round or after a child’s game of spinning in place. Several diseases of the balance organs of the inner ear can cause vertigo, or it may be a symptom of a tumor or stroke.

• Dizziness may be just mildly annoying or caused by something possibly life threatening.
  
  
• When you might feel dizziness
  
  
  • Fainting or near fainting such as "at the sight of blood" or with emotional upset
    
    
  • Fainting or near fainting from standing up too quickly or standing still too long
    
    
  • Feeling like, "I might pass out."
    
    
  • Weakness during a flu, cold, or other illness
    
    
  • Seasickness or motion sickness
    
    
  • Queasiness, nausea, or vomiting
    
    
  • Confused thinking
    
    
  • Fatigue, tiredness, or daytime sleepiness
    
    
  • Clumsy hands or stumbling walking