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Dizziness history and symptoms
Introduction
Overview
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 and Symptoms
History
Patients with dizziness may have a positive history of[1][2]:
- Hypertension
- Thromboembolic disease
- Positive family history
- Upper respiratory tract infection
- Tinnitus
- Hearing loss
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
References
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- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Katon WJ (2006). “Clinical practice. Panic disorder”. N Engl J Med. 354 (22): 2360–7. doi:10.1056/NEJMcp052466. PMID 16738272.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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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