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  2. Dizziness - Wikipedia

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    Dizziness is a common medical complaint, affecting 20–30% of persons. [4] Dizziness is broken down into four main subtypes: vertigo (~25–50%), disequilibrium (less than ~15%), presyncope (less than ~15%), and nonspecific dizziness (~10%). [5] Vertigo is the sensation of spinning or having one's surroundings spin about them. Many people find ...

  3. Balance disorder - Wikipedia

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    Causes of dizziness related to the ear are often characterized by vertigo (spinning) and nausea. Nystagmus (flickering of the eye, related to the Vestibulo-ocular reflex [VOR]) is often seen in patients with an acute peripheral cause of dizziness. [citation needed] Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) – The most common cause of vertigo ...

  4. Lightheadedness - Wikipedia

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    In addition to dizziness, the individual may feel as though their head is weightless. The individual may also feel as though the room is "spinning" or moving ( vertigo ). Most causes of lightheadedness are not serious and either cure themselves quickly or are easily treated.

  5. Cerebrospinal fluid leak - Wikipedia

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    [2] [3] Causes of a primary CSF leak are those of trauma including from an accident or intentional injury, or arising from a medical intervention known as iatrogenic. A basilar skull fracture as a cause can give the sign of CSF leakage from the ear, nose or mouth. [4] A lumbar puncture can give the symptom of a post-dural-puncture headache.

  6. Vertigo - Wikipedia

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    More severe causes should also be considered, [9] especially if other problems such as weakness, headache, double vision, or numbness occur. [2] Dizziness affects approximately 20–40% of people at some point in time, while about 7.5–10% have vertigo. [3] About 5% have vertigo in a given year. [10]

  7. Labyrinthitis - Wikipedia

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    The main symptoms are severe vertigo and nystagmus. The most common symptom for vestibular neuritis is the onset of vertigo that has formed from an ongoing infection or trauma. [9] The dizziness sensation that is associated with vertigo is thought to be from the inner ear labyrinth. [10]

  8. Superior canal dehiscence syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Autophony – person's own speech or other self-generated noises (e.g. heartbeat, eye movements, creaking joints, chewing) are heard unusually loudly in the affected ear; Dizziness/vertigo – chronic disequilibrium caused by the dysfunction of the superior semicircular canal

  9. Inner ear decompression sickness - Wikipedia

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    A blockage of the external auditory canal is also a common cause of inner ear barotrauma. Caloric vertigo: A normal response to a temperature difference reaching the semicircular canals, by way of ambient water flooding the external auditory canals unevenly. Also usually transient, but has rarely been known to persist for no obvious reason.

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