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==Overview==
==Overview==
Dizziness is a common but vague symptom.  A wide variety of symptoms are often referred to as dizziness. The first step in the assessment of dizziness is to determine which of these numerous more precise symptoms the patient is experiencing.  The following links direct you to the appropriate chapter based upon the patient's precise symptoms:
Dizziness is a common but vague symptom.  A wide variety of symptoms are often referred to as dizziness.


==Presyncope==
==Differential Diagnosis of Dizziness==
===Synonyms or Words Used to Describe Syndrome===
The first step in the assessment of dizziness is to determine which of these numerous more precise symptoms the patient is experiencing.  The following links direct you to the appropriate chapter based upon the patient's precise symptoms:
 
===Presyncope===
====Synonyms or Words Used to Describe Syndrome====
*Synonyms and symptoms used to describe [[presyncope]] include:
*Synonyms and symptoms used to describe [[presyncope]] include:
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===Associated Symptoms===
====Associated Symptoms====
*[[Presyncope]] is a transient and episodic [[prodrome]]. The other symptoms which usually accompany this [[prodrome]] are [[diaphoresis]], [[blurring of vision]], [[nausea]], [[palpitations]], [[feeling of warmth]], [[pallor]], [[paresthesia]].
*[[Presyncope]] is a transient and episodic [[prodrome]]. The other symptoms which usually accompany this [[prodrome]] are [[diaphoresis]], [[blurring of vision]], [[nausea]], [[palpitations]], [[feeling of warmth]], [[pallor]], [[paresthesia]].



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Synonyms and keywords: Bad balance; disorientation; dizzy; environment spinning around; floating; giddiness; giddy; imbalance; instability; loss of balance; moving; off balance; spaced out; spinning inside head; swaying; swimming; tilting; unsteadiness; whirling; wobbliness; wooziness

Overview

Dizziness is a common but vague symptom. A wide variety of symptoms are often referred to as dizziness.

Differential Diagnosis of Dizziness

The first step in the assessment of dizziness is to determine which of these numerous more precise symptoms the patient is experiencing. The following links direct you to the appropriate chapter based upon the patient's precise symptoms:

Presyncope

Synonyms or Words Used to Describe Syndrome

Associated Symptoms

Vertigo

Vertigo: Vertigo is a transient and episodic perception of false sensation of motion. The most common motion is a spinning sensation of the surrounding environment around the patient but some may interpret it as a self motion. Tilting, whirling, swaying and moving forward, backward or on either sides may be the other terms used to describe the motion. Nausea, vomiting, some degree of imbalance and autonomic signs like pallor, diaphoresis and tachycardia are the common accompanying signs and symptoms.

Disequilibrium

Disequilibrium: Disequilibrium is an impaired sense or absence of balance that primarily occurs during standing or walking and usually without any cephalic sensations like headache, nausea and vomiting. It is more of a continuous symptom rather than the episodic presyncope and vertigo.

Drop Attack

Drop attack: Drop attacks are sudden spontaneous falls while standing or walking, followed by a very swift recovery, within seconds or minutes.

Motion Sickness

Motion sickness

Nonspecific dizziness:

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