Vertigo is a form of dizziness in which a person feels like they are moving even though everything is still. People often feel like they, their surroundings, or both are spinning. Dizziness is a broader term that, in addition to vertigo, includes lightheadedness (feeling woozy), disequilibrium (a sense of imbalance or instability), and presyncope (a feeling of impending faintness).
1. Peripheral 2. Central Ménière’s Disease: Symptoms, Causes, Treatments, and Natural Approaches The Essential Guide to Tinnitus: Symptoms, Causes, Treatments, and Natural Approaches The utricle and saccule help us sense movements like going up and down or side to side.
They contain tiny calcium carbonate earstones, or crystals, called otoliths and hair cells that sense linear movements and gravity. Otoliths shift when we move our heads and push against tiny hairs, sending messages to our brains about our position. Various conditions can cause vertigo, some of which are harmless, while others may be serious or even life-threatening.
Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV): Also known as benign positional vertigo, BPPV is commonly described as a sudden feeling of spinning that happens with a quick head movement, such as turning over in bed or sitting up quickly. It doesn’t cause ear pain, ringing, or hearing loss. This sensation is usually due to otoliths in the inner ear getting out of place or moving into one or more semicircular canals.
When this happens, and a person turns their head.
