Tag: Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo
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Vertigo: What You Need to Know for Clinical Practice and the Boards
Introduction Vertigo is a sensation of spinning, either of the patient or of his or her environment. There are four types of vertigo that you must consider in a patient who complains of a spinning sensation: Toxic vertigo Central nervous system vertigo Peripheral nervous system vertigo Hematologic vertigo (hyperviscosity syndrome) Toxic Vertigo Salicylates and anticonvulsants,…
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What do you mean by “dizzy”?
By Mark Yoffe MD I can’t be 100% sure. But if anyone knows, it’s probably Martin A. Samuels MD, who is an expert on the subject and whose excellent publication, Stop the Spinning: A Simple Approach to Vertigo and Dizziness (2009) is available online free. Basically, there are four kinds of dizzy (my interpretation): Syncope or near-syncope…