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Causes of Dizziness - Vertigo - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
True Vertigo - Illusion of Rotary Movement
Peripheral Vestibular
vomiting, auditory symptoms ... unidirectonal nystagmus ... Imbalance, neurologic symptoms ... /signs, bidirectional ... nystagmus - Infection
Classic Findings During Hallpike Test in Posterior Canal Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV)
 • Latency (delay
Latency (delay in nystagmus ... symptoms in head-hanging ... and torsional nystagmus ... #dixhallpike #physicalexam ... testing #findings #signs
Labyrinthitis 
Vestibular neuritis + unilateral hearing loss = Labyrinthitis 
1) Vertigo (severe) 
2) Gait instability 
3)
Labyrinthitis 1) Vertigo ... instability 3) Nausea ... vestibular CN VIII • Nystagmus ... Labyrinthitis #Diagnosis #Symptoms ... #Signs #Otolaryngology
Characteristics of Peripheral and Central Vertigo
PERIPHERAL VERTIGO
 • Onset: Sudden
 • Intensity: Severe initially, often decreasing
vestibular neuritis • Nystagmus ... with vascular causes ... circulation TIA • Nystagmus ... diagnosis #findings #signs ... #symptoms #comparison
Symptoms and Signs of Hypomagnesemia
Neuromuscular:
 - Tetany, Muscle weakness, Chvostek and Trousseau signs, Cerebellar (ataxia, nystagmus,
Symptoms and Signs ... and Trousseau signs ... Cerebellar (ataxia, nystagmus ... , vertigo), Confusion ... #Signs #diagnosis
Mastoiditis: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Acute or Chronic Otitis Media -> 
Stage 1: Hyperemeia of the mastoid
bone): facial nerve ... vomiting, dizziness, vertigo ... , nystagmus • ... pathophysiology #signs ... #symptoms #diagnosis