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Dizziness Overview

Dizziness is a common description for many different feelings. The feeling of dizziness may be very familiar to you, yet difficult to describe.

Vertigo is a medical term to describe the feeling of spinning, whirling, or motion either of yourself or your surroundings. This is the same feeling you might have after getting off a merry-go-round or spinning in place. Several diseases of the balance organs of the inner ear can cause vertigo, or it may be a symptom of a tumor or stroke.

    * Dizziness may be just mildly annoying or caused by something possibly life threatening.

    * When you might feel dizziness

          o Fainting or near fainting such as "at the sight of blood" or with emotional upset

          o Fainting or near fainting from standing up too quickly or standing still too long

          o Weakness during a flu, cold, or other illness

          o Seasickness or motion sickness

          o Queasiness, nausea, or vomiting

          o Confused thinking

          o Fatigue, tiredness, or daytime sleepiness

          o Clumsy hands or stumbling walking

   
Source reference:http://www.emedicinehealth.com/dizziness/article_em.htm#Dizziness%20Overview