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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertigo_(medical)

Vertigo, sometimes called a headrush, is a major symptom of a balance
disorder. It is the sensation of spinning while the body is stationary
with lots to the earth or surroundings. With the eyes shut, there will
be a sensation that the body is in movement, called subjective
vertigo; if the eyes are open, the surroundings will appear to move
past the field of vision, called objective vertigo.

Some people experience a vertigo sensation while looking at such
images. The effects may be slight. It can cause nausea and vomiting
or, if severe, may give rise to difficulty with standing and walking.
Vertigo is usually associated with a problem in the inner ear balance
mechanisms (vestibular system), in the brain, or with the nerve
connections between these two organs. The most common cause is benign
paroxysmal positional vertigo, or BPPV. Vertigo can be a symptom of an
underlying harmless cause, such as in BPPV or it can suggest more
serious problems. These include drug toxicities, strokes or tumors
(though these are much less common than BPPV). Vertigo can also be
brought on suddenly through various actions or incidents, such as
skull fractures, sudden changes of blood pressure, or as a symptom of
motion sickness while sailing, riding amusement rides or in a
vehicle.[1]

Vertigo is typically classified into one of two categories depending
on the location of the damaged vestibular pathway. These are
peripheral or central vertigo. Each category has a distinct set of
characteristics and associated findings.

Peripheral vertigo: The lesions, or the damaged areas, affect the
inner ear or the vestibular division of the acoustic (CN VIII) nerve.
Vertigo that is peripheral in origin tends to be felt as more severe
than central vertigo, intermittent in timing, always associated with
nystagmus in the horizontal plane and occasionally hearing loss or
tinnitus (ringing of the ears).
Peripheral vertigo can be caused by BPPV, Ménière's disease or acute
vestibular neuronitis. Peripheral vertigo, compared to the central
type, though subjectively felt as more severe, is usually from a less
serious cause.
Central vertigo: The lesions in central vertigo involve the brainstem
vestibular nerve nuclei. Central vertigo is typically described as
constant in timing, less severe in nature and occasionally with
nystagmus that can be multi-directional. Associated symptoms include
motor or sensory deficits, dysarthria (slurred speech) or ataxia.
Causes include things such as migraines, multiple sclerosis or tumors.
Less commonly, strokes, seizures, trauma or infections can cause also
central vertigo.
Vertigo should not be confused with dizziness. Dizziness is an
unpleasant feeling of light-headedness, giddiness or fuzziness often
accompanied by nausea.
Vertigo is often incorrectly used to describe a fear of heights.
Vertigo is often experienced when breathing helium, as a result of
decreased oxygen flow to the brain.
Klinefelter's Syndrome people with this condition - have enhanced
spatial thinking capabilities, so might be more susceptible to vertigo
- research is ongoing.

[edit] Vertigo in context with the cervical spine
In some cases ligamental injuries of the upper cervical spine result
in head-neck-joint instabilities which can cause vertigo.
Instabilities of the head neck joint are affected by rupture or
overstretching of the alar ligaments and/or capsule structures mostly
caused by whiplash or similar biomechanical movements. If patients
describe prolonged vertigo after a whiplash trauma, professionals
should think about ligamental damage of head-neck-joint structures.

Symptoms during damaged alar ligaments besides vertigo often are

dizziness
reduced vigilance, such as somnolence
seeing problems, such as seeing "stars", tunnel views or double contures.
Some patients tell about unreal feelings that stands in correlation with:
depersonalisation and attentual alterations
Most medical professionals don't know about the disease complex of
head-neck-joint instabilities. Often the patients are having an
odyssey of medical consultations without any clear diagnosis and are
then sent to psychatrist because doctors think about depression or
hypochondry. Standard imaging technologies such as CAT or MRI are not
capable of finding instabilities without taking functional poses.

The multitude of problems occurring after whiplash injury
Head-neck-joint instability causality and interventional strategies
Symptoms linked to head-neck-joint injuries
Head-neck-joint injury interventional resources
Collection of whiplash injury related documents


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