Vertigo is a particular form of dizziness or giddiness. Rather than just feeling faint or light headed, it is an illusion of motion.
The sufferer feels as though they, or their surroundings, are turning, spinning, falling, or some other form of movement when in fact they are not.
Like sea-sickness, vertigo is often accompanied by nausea and vomiting.
Vertigo does not mean fear of heights, that mistake was spread by Alfred Hitchcock's 1958 film "Vertigo".
After acute vertigo settles, it is often followed by dysequilibrium, an uneasy feeling of imbalance, as though one might be about to fall over.
Vertigo and dysequilibrium can be very frightening, but do not usually signify any serious or life-threatening disease.
The sufferer feels as though they, or their surroundings, are turning, spinning, falling, or some other form of movement when in fact they are not.
Like sea-sickness, vertigo is often accompanied by nausea and vomiting.
Vertigo does not mean fear of heights, that mistake was spread by Alfred Hitchcock's 1958 film "Vertigo".
After acute vertigo settles, it is often followed by dysequilibrium, an uneasy feeling of imbalance, as though one might be about to fall over.
Vertigo and dysequilibrium can be very frightening, but do not usually signify any serious or life-threatening disease.
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