People who are dizzy feel as though they are spinning, or objects around them are moving or spinning. They may feel as though they are losing their balance and about to fall. If blood pressure has dropped too low, the person may faint, a temporary loss of consciousness called syncope. People with positional vertigo may experience mild, passing feelings of dizziness just by changing the position of their heads too quickly. Sometimes, however, vertigo may be more severe and last anywhere from hours to days. In these cases, the patient may also experience a loss of hearing, vision problems, nausea and vomiting, and ringing in the ears. People who commonly experience motion sickness will feel dizzy when riding in a vehicle, aircraft, or watercraft
Signs and symptoms
Characteristics of dizziness may include:
• A sense that you or your surroundings are spinning or moving (vertigo)
• A loss of balance
• Nausea
• Unsteadiness
• Wooziness
• Lightheadedness
• Faintness
• Weakness
• Fatigue
• Difficulty concentrating
• Blurred vision after quick head movemen
