Dizziness history and symptoms

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor-In-Chief: M.Umer Tariq [2] Norina Usman, M.B.B.S[3]

Overview

A positive history of hyperlipidemia, hypertension, smoking, diabetes mellitus, thyroid dysfunction, general anesthesia, and advanced age is suggestive of dizziness. The most common symptoms of dizziness include positional vertigo, imbalance, nausea, vomiting, altered mental status, transient loss of consciousness, headache, neck pain, chest/back pain, abdominal/back pain, dyspnea, palpitations, bleeding or fluid losses, new/recent medication use, fever or chills and abnormal glucose.

History and Symptoms

History

Patients with dizziness may have a positive history of[1][2]:

Common Symptoms

Common symptoms of dizziness include[3][4][4][5]:

Symptom or finding
Altered mental status
Transient loss of consciousness
Headache
Neck pain
Chest/back pain
Abdominal/back pain
Dyspnea
Palpitations
Bleeding or fluid losses
New/recent medication use
Fever or chills
Abnormal glucose

References

  1. Rosin C, Bingisser R (2013). "[Not Available]". Ther Umsch. 70 (1): 27–9. doi:10.1024/0040-5930/a000359. PMID 23385126.
  2. Kattah JC, Talkad AV, Wang DZ, Hsieh YH, Newman-Toker DE (2009). "HINTS to diagnose stroke in the acute vestibular syndrome: three-step bedside oculomotor examination more sensitive than early MRI diffusion-weighted imaging". Stroke. 40 (11): 3504–10. doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.109.551234. PMC 4593511. PMID 19762709.
  3. Katon WJ (2006). "Clinical practice. Panic disorder". N Engl J Med. 354 (22): 2360–7. doi:10.1056/NEJMcp052466. PMID 16738272.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Kanner AM (2011). "Ictal panic and interictal panic attacks: diagnostic and therapeutic principles". Neurol Clin. 29 (1): 163–75, ix. doi:10.1016/j.ncl.2010.11.002. PMID 21172577.
  5. Compter A, Kappelle LJ, Algra A, van der Worp HB (2013). "Nonfocal symptoms are more frequent in patients with vertebral artery than carotid artery stenosis". Cerebrovasc Dis. 35 (4): 378–84. doi:10.1159/000348849. PMID 23635415.

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