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ENCYCLOPEDIA

OF WORLD PROBLEMS

AND HUMAN POTENTIAL

  2. World problems
  3. Dizziness

Dizziness

  • Giddiness

Incidence

According to the USA National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey for 1991, dizziness-vertigo is among the 25 most common reasons Americans visit the doctor. U.S. physicians report a total of more than 5 million dizziness-vertigo visits a year.

Broader

Ill-defined health conditions
Presentable
Symptoms of sense organ diseases
Yet to rate

Narrower

Vertigo
Unpresentable

Aggravates

Fainting
Presentable
Fear of heights
Unpresentable

Aggravated by

Health effects of tobacco smoking
Excellent
Viral diseases
Presentable
Vestibular neuronitis
Presentable
Vestibular disorders
Presentable
Use of medical drugs for non medical purposes
Presentable
Premenstrual syndrome
Presentable
Migraine
Presentable
Ménière's disease
Presentable
Cardiomegaly
Presentable
Caffeine abuse
Presentable

Related

Disharmony of Wind in the body
Presentable
Disharmonious sexual activity as a factor in ill health
Presentable
Deficient Blood in the body
Presentable
Patterns of Deficient Kidney Yin in the body
Unpresentable
Pattern of Deficient Gall Bladder Heat in the body
Yet to rate

Reference

Honrubia, Vicente and Brazier, Mary: Nystagmus and Vertigo: clinical approach to the patient with dizziness
Wright, Anthony: Dizziness: a guide to disorders of balance

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #3: Good Health and Well-being

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(E) Emanations of other problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
  • Medicine » Nervous system » Nervous system
    • Content quality
    Presentable
     Presentable
    Language
    English
    1A4N
    E5101
    DOCID
    11551010
    D7NID
    144972
    Last update
    Oct 4, 2020