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Alternate Names : Lightheadedness - Dizzy, Loss of Balance, Vertigo

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What to Expect at your Health Care Provider's Office

Your doctor will perform a physical exam, focusing on your heart, head, ears, and nervous system, and ask question such as:

Does your dizziness feel like lightheadedness, vertigo, or imbalance?
Does your dizziness occur with a change in body position?
What other symptoms occur when you feel dizzy?
When did your dizziness begin?
Are you always dizzy or does the dizziness come and go?
How long does the dizziness last (minutes, hours)?
Did another illness develop before or after the dizziness began? How much later?
Have you had any nausea and vomiting?
Do you have a significant amount of stress or anxiety?

Diagnostic tests that may be performed include:

blood pressure measurements and tests
ECG
hearing tests
neurological tests
balance testing (ENG) may be required.
MRI

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Review Date : 8/13/2003
Reviewed By : Jacqueline A. Hart, M.D., Senior Medical Editor, A.D.A.M., Inc. Previously reviewed by Galit Kleiner-Fisman MD, FRCPC, Department of Neurology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network (11/09/2001).

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