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===Causes in Alphabetical Order=== | ===Causes in Alphabetical Order===<ref>Kahan, Scott, Smith, Ellen G. In A Page: Signs and Symptoms. Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing, 2004:47 ISBN 140510368X</ref><ref>Sailer, Christian, Wasner, Susanne. Differential Diagnosis Pocket. Hermosa Beach, CA: Borm Bruckmeir Publishing LLC, 2002:373-376 ISBN 1591032016</ref> <ref>Raftery, Andrew, Lim, Eric. Churchill's Pocketbook of Differential Diagnosis. London, UK: Elsevier Limited, 2005:107-110 ISBN 0443100616</ref> | ||
<ref>Kahan, Scott, Smith, Ellen G. In A Page: Signs and Symptoms. Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing, 2004:47 ISBN 140510368X</ref><ref>Sailer, Christian, Wasner, Susanne. Differential Diagnosis Pocket. Hermosa Beach, CA: Borm Bruckmeir Publishing LLC, 2002:373-376 ISBN 1591032016</ref> <ref>Raftery, Andrew, Lim, Eric. Churchill's Pocketbook of Differential Diagnosis. London, UK: Elsevier Limited, 2005:107-110 ISBN 0443100616</ref> | |||
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* [[Von Hippel-Lindau Syndrome | * [[Von Hippel-Lindau Syndrome]] | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [2]
Causes
Common Causes
- Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo or BPPV
- Meniere's disease
- Superior canal dehiscence syndrome
- Inner ear infection
- Drug toxicity (specifically gentamycin)
- Syphillis
- Carbon Monoxide poisoning
- Strokes, tumors, skull fractures, brain trauma,, sudden changes in blood pressure
- Motion sickness ( sailing, amusement rides, airplanes or motor vehicles)
===Causes in Alphabetical Order===[1][2] [3]
- Acoustic neuroma
- Acute cochleo-vestibular dysfunction
- Acute labyrinthitis
- Aging
- Alcoholism
- Anemia
- Anticonvulsants
- Antihypertensives
- Anxiety
- Aortic stenosis
- Arrhythmia
- Arteriosclerosis
- Atrial Fibrillation
- Aura of epileptic attack
- Autoimmune disease
- Autoimmune inner ear disease
- Bacterial labyrinthitis
- Basil meningitis
- Basilar migraine
- Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo
- Brain stem injury
- Car sickness
- Cardiac dysrhythmia
- Cardiac valve stenosis
- Carotid sinus pressure
- Cerebrovascular accident (CVA)
- Cervical spondylosis
- Cervicogenic vertigo
- Cholesteatoma
- Chronic otitis media
- Circulation-caused vertigo
- Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)
- Dehydration
- Diabetes Mellitus
- Diuretics
- Drugs, toxins
- Ependymoma
- Epidemic vertigo
- Epilepsy
- Friedrich's Ataxia
- Heart failure
- Height vertigo
- Hyperglobulia
- Hypertension
- Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- Hyperventilation
- Hypotension
- Hypoxia
- Hypoxemia
- Inflammation
- Intoxications
- Kinetosis
- Labyrinth apoplexy
- Labyrinthine concussion
- Labyrinthine trauma]]
- Labyrinthitis
- Lateral medullary syndrome
- Mastoiditis
- Measles
- Meniere's Disease
- Metabolic disorders
- Metastasis
- Migraine
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Neuritis vestibularis
- Ocular vertigo
- Otitis externa
- Ototoxic drugs
- Perilymphatic fistula
- Phobic vertigo
- Postural hypotension
- Psychogenic
- Sedatives
- Serous labyrinthitis
- Serous otitis
- Seizure
- Shy-Drager Syndrome
- Spondylosis cervicalis
- Subclavian-Steal Syndrome
- Syncope
- Syphilis
- Syringobulbia
- Tabes dorsalis
- Temporal bone fracture
- Tertiary syphilis
- Transient ischemic attack (TIA)
- Tumor
- Typhoid Fever
- Uremia
- Vasovagal response
- Vertebro-basilar insufficiency and thromboembolism
- Vestibular neuronitis
- Vigilance impairment
- Viral labyrinthitis
- Vitamin B12 Deficiency
- Visual deficit
- Von Hippel-Lindau Syndrome
References
- ↑ Kahan, Scott, Smith, Ellen G. In A Page: Signs and Symptoms. Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing, 2004:47 ISBN 140510368X
- ↑ Sailer, Christian, Wasner, Susanne. Differential Diagnosis Pocket. Hermosa Beach, CA: Borm Bruckmeir Publishing LLC, 2002:373-376 ISBN 1591032016
- ↑ Raftery, Andrew, Lim, Eric. Churchill's Pocketbook of Differential Diagnosis. London, UK: Elsevier Limited, 2005:107-110 ISBN 0443100616