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Vertigo Causes
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Vertigo
Peripheral Causes of Vertigo
Central Causes of Vertigo
Vertigo Management
Meniere's Disease
Motion Sickness
Vestibular Neuronitis
Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo
Perilymphatic Fistula
(
Hennebert's Sign
)
Acute Labyrinthitis
Bacterial Labyrinthitis
(
Acute Suppurative Labyrinthitis
)
HiNTs Exam
(
Three-Step Bedside Oculomotor Examination
)
Horizontal Head Impulse Test
(
Head Thrust Test
,
h-HIT
)
Nystagmus
Skew Deviation
(
Vertical Ocular Misalignment
,
Vertical Heterotropia
,
Vertical Strabismus
)
Dix-Hallpike Maneuver
Dizziness
Dysequilibrium
Syncope
Light Headedness
Causes
Vertigo
Critical to distinguish peripheral from central cause
See
Vertigo
See
Peripheral Causes of Vertigo
See
Central Causes of Vertigo
Common Primary Vestibular Problems (93% of
Vertigo
)
Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo
Acute Vestibular Neuronitis
Meniere's Disease
Miscellaneous Causes
Motion Sickness
Vertigo Caused by Medication
Vertigo Caused by Psychological Condition
Provoked by stress (also seen in
Migraine
)
Constant
Vertigo
for weeks
Anxiety or Depression
Brief spells are seen in
Panic Attack
s
Persistent
Vertigo
also seen in Meniere's
Causes
Vertigo
with motor weakness
Facial weakness
Acoustic Neuroma
Herpes Zoster
Other focal neurologic deficits
Cerebellopontine angle tumor
Cerebrovascular Disease
Multiple Sclerosis
Causes
Vertigo
with
Hearing
affected
No
Hearing Loss
Vestibular Neuronitis
Brainstem
Infarct (PICA or anterior vestibular)
Hearing Loss
from acute Vertigo Causes
Ramsay Hunt Syndrome
Brainstem
Infarct (AICA ot labyrinthine artery)
Viral Labyrinthitis
or
Bacterial Labyrinthitis
Perilymphatic Fistula
Hearing Loss
from chronic Vertigo Causes
Acoustic Neuroma
Cholesteatoma
Meniere's Disease
Otosclerosis
Vestibular Schwannoma
Hearing Loss
with
Tinnitus
Acute Labyrinthitis
Acoustic Neuroma
Meniere's Disease
Hearing Loss
with recent
Trauma
Concussion
Perilymphatic Fistula
Differential Diagnosis
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Dizziness
Images
References
Baloh (1999) Postgrad Med 105(2):161-72 [PubMed]
Knox (1997) Am Fam Physician 55(4):1185-90 [PubMed]
Labuguen (2006) Am Fam Physician 73:244-51 [PubMed]
Tusa (2005) Neurol Clin 23:655-673 [PubMed]
Tusa (2003) Med Clin N Am 87:609-41 [PubMed]
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