Dizziness

Last updated 03.11.12

Index

Definition

- Desribed variably by patients: light headed, faintness, unsteady, vertigo

- Vague definition therefore important to flesh out detailed description

Associated S/S

- Dependant on underlying cause

- Nausea, vomiting: motion sickness

- Confusion

- Headache

- Tinnitus, deafness, nystagmus, ataxia, weakness: vertigo

- Loss of consciousness, scintillations: presyncope

Causes

- Vertigo

- Presyncope

- Ataxia

- Drugs & EtOH

- Medication: Frusemide

- Motion sickness

- Post-ictal

Ix

- Assess for S/S suggestive of type of dizziness (as per causes)

References