Symptom
Dizziness
Subjective sensation of disturbed spatial orientation, characterized by feelings of unsteadiness, impaired balance, or illusory movement of self or surroundings.
Causes
Vestibular disorders
Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV)
Labyrinthitis
Vestibular neuritis
Ménière's disease
Cardiovascular disorders
Postural orthostatic hypotension
Dehydration
Anemia
Arrhythmia
Neurologic disorders
Migraine
Cerebellar insult
Hypoglycemia
Medications
Antihypertensive drugs
Anti-seizure medications
Sedatives
Psychogenic causes
Also known as: Disequilibrium, Imbalance, Light-headedness, Unsteadiness, Vertigo
Referencing diagnoses
- Adrenal insufficiency
- Amyloidosis
- Anemia
- Aortic regurgitation
- Aortic stenosis
- Arrhythmia
- Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo
- Cardiac tamponade
- Cardiomyopathy
- Dysmenorrhea
- Epidural hematoma
- Gastrinoma
- Heart failure
- Hypermagnesemia
- Hypovolemia
- Ice pick headache
- Inhalation injury
- Insulinoma
- Labyrinthitis
- Lung cancer
- Lyme disease
- Migraine
- Multiple sclerosis
- Myocardial infarction
- Pheochromocytoma
- Pulmonary edema
- Respiratory alkalosis
- Ruptured ectopic pregnancy
- Schistosomiasis
- Subdural hematoma
- Temporal arteritis
- Ulcer disease
- Vestibular neuronitis
Note: Lists existing diagnoses in Diagnotize only.