Differential Diagnosis
Many conditions are associated with dizziness. However, the most common subcategories can be broken down as follows: 40% peripheral vestibular dysfunction, 10% central nervous system lesion, 15% psychiatric disorder, 25% presyncope/dysequilibrium, and 10% nonspecific dizziness. The medical conditions that often have dizziness as a symptom include:
- Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo
- Meniere's disease
- Vestibular neuronitis
- Labyrinthitis
- Otitis media
- Brain tumor
- Acoustic neuroma
- Chronic motion sickness
- Ramsay Hunt syndrome
- Migraine
- Multiple sclerosis
- pregnancy
- low blood pressure (hypotension)
- low blood oxygen content (hypoxemia)
- heart attack
- iron deficiency (anemia)
- low blood sugar (hypoglycemia)
- hormonal changes (e.g., thyroid disease, menstruation, pregnancy)
- panic disorder
- hyperventilation
- anxiety
- depression
- age-diminished visual, balance, and perception of spatial orientation abilities
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