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A balance disorder is a disturbance that causes an individual to feel unsteady, for example when standing or walking. It may be accompanied by feelings of giddiness, or wooziness, or having a sensation of movement, spinning, or floating.
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 ...
Symptoms commonly include nausea, vomiting, cold sweat, headache, dizziness, tiredness, loss of appetite, and increased salivation. [ 2 ] [ 5 ] Occasionally, tiredness can last for hours to days after an episode of motion sickness, known as "sopite syndrome". [ 2 ]
Aging and dizziness: Academy of Neurologic Physical Therapy and National Institute on Aging Facts about falls: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Vertigo overview: Cleveland Clinic
[1] [2] It may be associated with nausea, vomiting, perspiration, or difficulties walking. [2] It is typically worse when the head is moved. [2] Vertigo is the most common type of dizziness. [2] The most common disorders that result in vertigo are benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV), Ménière's disease, and vestibular neuritis.
Worsening dizziness with experience of complex visual environments such as walking through a grocery store Heavy-headedness; a feeling of floating, wooziness Symptoms of CSD can be worsened by any self-precipitated motion, usually from the head, or the witnessing of motion from another subject.
Disorders of the visual system can lead to dizziness, vertigo, and feelings of instability. Vertigo is not associated with illusory self-motion as it does not typically make one feel as though they are moving; however, in a subclass of vertigo known as subjective vertigo one does experience their own motion.
Other symptoms include hoarseness, nausea, vomiting, a decrease in sweating, problems with body temperature sensation, dizziness, difficulty walking, and difficulty maintaining balance. Lateral medullary syndrome can also cause bradycardia , a slow heart rate, and increases or decreases in the patient's average blood pressure.