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Causes of Dizziness - Vertigo - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
True Vertigo - Illusion of Rotary Movement
Peripheral Vestibular
Causes of Dizziness ... vomiting, auditory symptoms ... symptoms/signs, ... Hemorrhage #Dizzy #Dizziness ... #Vertigo #Neurology
Diagnostic Algorithm for Dizziness and Vertigo
Peripheral Vertigo:
 • Attacks: Sudden, severe, can last anywhere from seconds
Algorithm for Dizziness ... with vascular causes ... positional episodes caused ... No auditory symptoms ... Long symptom-free
Dizziness and Vertigo Algorithm
Presyncope:
 • Feels "faint" or like they are going to "pass out"
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Dizziness and Vertigo ... Associated with nausea ... Dysequilibrium: • Feels unable ... EricsMedicalLectures/ #Dizziness ... differential #diagnosis #neurology
Serotonin-Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitors(SNRIs): Mechanisms and Side Effects

Withdrawal: Dizziness, Diarrhea, Insomnia, Nausea, Vomiting
Serotonin Syndrome - Potentially Life
Withdrawal: Dizziness ... Insomnia, Fatigue, Vertigo ... gain Incr NE: Nausea ... SerotoninNorepinephrine #Inhibitors #Pathophysiology ... Diagnosis #Signs #Symptoms
Peripheral Vertigo
Time course and symptoms characteristics are very helpful in distinguishing between causes of peripheral vertigo.
Benign
Peripheral Vertigo ... Time course and symptoms ... distinguishing between causes ... differential #diagnosis #comparison ... #table
Characteristics of Peripheral and Central Vertigo
PERIPHERAL VERTIGO
 • Onset: Sudden
 • Intensity: Severe initially, often decreasing
Peripheral and Central Vertigo ... PERIPHERAL VERTIGO ... with vascular causes ... findings #signs #symptoms ... #comparison #neurology
Cold Urticaria
Prevalence - 0.05% in the population
Disease onset - Mostly 2nd to 4th decades of life
Causes
decades of life Causes ... and duration of symptoms ... Disorientation, vertigo ... #rheumatology #comparison ... #table
Mastoiditis: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Acute or Chronic Otitis Media -> 
Stage 1: Hyperemeia of the mastoid
hearing loss, nausea ... , vomiting, dizziness ... , vertigo, nystagmus ... #Mastoiditis #pathophysiology ... #signs #symptoms
Subclavian steal syndrome (SSS) 
Subclavian artery narrowing or oclussion near the proximal portion of the vertebral
pressure 2️⃣ Neurologic ... symptoms: dizziness ... , vertigo, diplopia ... syndrome #SSS #pathophysiology
TRALI vs TACO - Transfusion Reactions
TRALI:
 • Epidemiology: 0.1% of transfused patientsl
 • Risk factors: Critical
blood donor • Pathophysiology ... without other cause ... ARDS to explain symptoms ... hematology #diagnosis #comparison ... #table