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==Differentiating Vertigo from Other Diseases== | ==Differentiating Vertigo from Other Diseases== | ||
* | *Many disease cause vertigo as a symptom, following diseases must be investigated as a differential diagnosis for vertigo symptom:<ref name="pmid16445269">{{cite journal| author=Labuguen RH| title=Initial evaluation of vertigo. | journal=Am Fam Physician | year= 2006 | volume= 73 | issue= 2 | pages= 244-51 | pmid=16445269 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=16445269 }} </ref> | ||
*[[Acute]] anemia | *[[Acute]] anemia | ||
*[[Anxiety]] disorders | *[[Anxiety]] disorders |
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Overview
- Vertigo is a type of dizziness therefore it must be differentiated from other diseases that causes imbalance, dizziness, and lightheadedness.
Differentiating Vertigo from Other Diseases
- Many disease cause vertigo as a symptom, following diseases must be investigated as a differential diagnosis for vertigo symptom:[1]
- Acute anemia
- Anxiety disorders
- Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo
- Brain tumors
- Chronic anemia
- Giant cell arteritis
- Herpes zoster oticus (Ramsay-Hunt Syndrome
- Labyrinthitis
- Mastoiditis
- Ménière disease
- Meningitis
- Migraine headache
- Multiple sclerosis
- Stroke
- Vertebrobasilar atherothrombotic disease
- Vestibular neuronitis
- Wernicke encephalopathy
References
- ↑ Labuguen RH (2006). "Initial evaluation of vertigo". Am Fam Physician. 73 (2): 244–51. PMID 16445269.