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Vertigo
Vertigo is a condition in which a person has the sensation that they are moving, or that objects around them are moving, when that is not the case. Often it feels like a spinning or swaying movement. It may be associated with , vomiting, perspiration, or difficulties walking. It is typically worse when the head is moved. Vertigo is the most common type of dizziness.
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Symptoms — what it feels like
- ·Feeling of spinning or swaying, vomiting, difficulty walking
Causes — why it happens
- · paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV), Ménière's disease, vestibular neuritis, , brain , brain injury, multiple , migraine
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