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Dizziness (17 contents)
A disturbed sense of balance: what could be the causes?
A disturbed sense of balance is a problem that can have various causes. Sometimes it is caused by medication, but it is also possible that the imbalance is the result of a neurological disease. What...
Dizziness when bending down. What causes it?
Dizziness is statistically the most frequently reported medical complaint when visiting a specialist. With good reason, as they are a very common occurrence, affecting people of all ages. Most causes...
Dizziness when getting up in the morning
If you wake up feeling weak, tired or dizzy , you may be suffering from sleep apnoea. Find out what are the other most common causes of morning dizziness and how to manage it?
Dizziness and the menopause
Menopause can be associated with many different ailments - dizziness is one of them. Few people would associate it with menopause, yet it can occur in connection with several different processes that...
Clinical evaluation of the organ of equilibrium
Balance disorders and dizziness are subjective perceptions associated with symptoms of damage or abnormalities in the balance system. As the quality of life of patients complaining of disequilibrium...
Dizziness - or is it?
Dizziness is a disorder involving the illusion of circular movement of the environment or one's own body. Patients often describe it as unpleasant feelings of body movement or uncertainty in holding...
Symptoms of testosterone deficiency and excess in the body
Testosterone has a number of important functions in the human body. Its excess, as well as its deficiency, can cause many negative dysfunctions in the body.
Dizziness - emergency care, causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
The basic criteria for the diagnosis of dizziness is an approximately 5-second latency period before the attack. Patients then experience nystagmus. This symptom precedes the onset of dizziness.
Dizziness - causes, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment
Dizziness is defined as a sensation of movement of the whole body or around the body accompanied by nausea and vomiting. Patients present with this type of problem to doctors with different...
Pineal cyst - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
Pineal cysts are benign tumours often found incidentally on head imaging studies (4%). Structurally, they are a non-pathological variant of the pineal gland and consist of cystic structures...
Vertigo - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
Dizziness (vertigo) is described by patients as a sensation of movement of the environment or their own body or head, an illusion of instability, imbalance, uncertainty of posture, a sensation of...
Dizziness - non-systemic vertigo and imbalance
Dizziness is a symptom of a malfunction of any of the components of the balance system, which transmits signals from different areas of the body to the corresponding centres located in the brain.
Nonspecific cervical spine pain
Over the course of a lifetime, approximately two-thirds of the population experience cervical spine pain. It is the second most common osteoarticular symptom recorded in GP practices, after lumbar...
Syncope in pregnancy
Short-term disturbance of consciousness, dizziness, fainting and other similar symptoms occurring during pregnancy.
Schizophrenia - definition, symptoms, treatment
Approximately 400,000 people in Poland suffer from schizophrenia. Approx. 32% of patients in psychiatric hospitals are people with this diagnosis. This article presents facts about this disease, as...
