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What Causes Dizziness?

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Question : What can cause dizziness other than the head/brain area? Is there some internal organ that can give rise to dizziness?
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Answered by Dr. Ajay Panwar (1 hour later)
Brief Answer:
Several of them:

Detailed Answer:
Hi XXXX,
Thanks for being on healthcaremagic.com.
I am Dr.Ajay Panwar,a neurologist,here to answer your query.

Yes,there can be several other common causes of dizziness,which are-
1)Vestibular(Ear abnormalities)-inner ear disease,paroxysmal positional vertigo,cholesteatoma,vestibular neuritis,Meniere's disease to name some.
2)Migraine
3)Heart related causes-like arrhythmias
4)Degenerative disease of spine-cervical spondylosis
5)Dehydration
6)Fever
7)Low blood pressure/postural fall in blood pressure
8)Sometimes- vision disturbances
9)Stress/Tension-This is an important and a common cause of dizziness

Hope that I have answered your query.If you have some follow-up questions,I shall be glad to answer else please close the thread,rate it and write a review as your rating will be of help to me.

Regards
Dr.Ajay Panwar,
MD,DM(Neurology)

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What Causes Dizziness?

Brief Answer: Several of them: Detailed Answer: Hi XXXX, Thanks for being on healthcaremagic.com. I am Dr.Ajay Panwar,a neurologist,here to answer your query. Yes,there can be several other common causes of dizziness,which are- 1)Vestibular(Ear abnormalities)-inner ear disease,paroxysmal positional vertigo,cholesteatoma,vestibular neuritis,Meniere's disease to name some. 2)Migraine 3)Heart related causes-like arrhythmias 4)Degenerative disease of spine-cervical spondylosis 5)Dehydration 6)Fever 7)Low blood pressure/postural fall in blood pressure 8)Sometimes- vision disturbances 9)Stress/Tension-This is an important and a common cause of dizziness Hope that I have answered your query.If you have some follow-up questions,I shall be glad to answer else please close the thread,rate it and write a review as your rating will be of help to me. Regards Dr.Ajay Panwar, MD,DM(Neurology)