Sometimes people experience some strange sensations and they can’t decide if what they are experiencing is dizziness or vertigo. There is a lot of confusion around the use of these two words so it is understandable that people get in a bit of a muddle; people often use the words to mean the same thing. If you are experiencing these symptoms then it is important that you can differentiate between them because they are usually treated differently when it...

lightheaded and feeling faint

Lightheadedness is a really general term that people use to describe strange sensations in their perceptions. They may feel weak or the room might be spinning, they might feel like they are about to faint. The word lightheaded could actually refer to any number of different things. It also happens that people wrongly describe a general feeling of being lightheaded as vertigo and the symptom of vertigo as lightheaded. It is important for your doctor’s di...

Dizziness is often a symptom that is associated with many conditions and diseases In order to find out why you are getting dizzy you should consult a physician in order to narrow down the

Those who have the condition understand just how disruptive vertigo can be in their lives. For most people this will be a condition that they only have to deal with for a short time, but other people may have to put up with the symptoms of vertigo for months. If they have Ménière disease then they may have to deal with it for a really long time. Luckily ever for those who have the condition for a long period of time it will be possible to manage it fairly well in mos...

Vertigo is a disturbing sensation that can not only be unpleasant but could also possibly put us in danger. For some people the experience of vertigo will occur once and will never be a problem again, for others it can last for a few weeks or months, some people will need to deal with vertigo for a lot longer and for them safety precautions will be a real issue. If you have Ménière disease then this can mean dealing with the symptoms for many years. Du...

If you have been told by your doctor that you have vertigo then you might be interested in things that you can do to help to yourself better deal with the condition. It is likely that your medical team has already given you instructions, and what is mentioned here is in no need meant to replace that. These are just some ideas about home self care that can be used to help with the condition. Vertigo can be caused by different reasons so some of these self care tips will only apply in certain...

Woman suffering from vertigo

Sometimes we can experience some really unpleasant sensations that seem to have come out of nowhere; we begin to feel faint. These can be really unsettling not to mention worrying. If our world starts to spin and we find ourselves on the ground then it is understandable that we might think that there is something really serious wrong with us. We might begin to worry about a stroke or even a brain aneurysm that is causing the balance problems; it...

The vestibular system is responsible for allowing us to perceive spatial orientation and maintain our balance; as well as this it is also responsible for vestibular organs in the eyes, muscles, joints, and finger tips and other parts of the body; it even has responsibilities in regards to blood pressure and heart rate. When sometime goes wrong with this system, we will most often learn about it through experiencing the symptom of vertigo. This is an important system if we want to be able to...

How to tell if I have benign postural vertigo?

If you have experienced vertigo symptoms like spinning vision or instability then you might be considering the possibility that you have benign postural vertigo; perhaps a friend or family member has suggested this or maybe you have heard about it previously. Benign postural vertigo (BPV) is also sometimes referred to as benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV); they are both the s...

Sensation of vertigo

Vertigo is a word that many people have previously heard, but they may be confused as to what it actually means. Maybe they have seen the old black and white movie of that name and believe that vertigo is something to do with fear of heights. Well the reality is that vertigo is a symptom of something else and it manifests itself by creating the sensation of either our environments or ourselves as swimming around. In fact there are two different types of ve...

Motion sickness and vertigo are quite similar in that they are both problems with the vestibular system. You may even hear people refer to motion sickness as a form of vertigo. For the purposes of this article we will be referring to them as two separate conditions that have many similarities. It is possible for the vertigo symptoms and motion sickness symptoms to become muddled, so hopefully you will have a better understanding by the end of this articl...