What is Dizziness?
{{Infobox medical condition (new) | name = Dizziness | synonyms = | image = Dizziness.jpg | caption = [[Vertigo]], the sensation of one's surroundings are spinning around them is a common symptom of dizziness. | pronounce = | field = [[ENT surgery]] | symptoms = | complications = | onset = | duration = | types = | causes = | risks = | diagnosis = | differential = | prevention = | treatment = | medication = | prognosis = | frequency = | deaths = }} '''Dizziness''' is a disability in spatial perception and stability.<ref>{{DorlandsDict|three/000031973|dizziness}}</ref> The term ''dizziness'' is not specific:<ref>{{MeshName|Dizziness}}</ref> it can mean [[vertigo]], [[presyncope]], [[Balance disorder|disequilibrium]],<ref>{{cite book |chapter-url=http://www.dartmouth.edu/~dons/part_2/chapter_14.html#chpt_14_presyncope |chapter=Chapter 14: Evaluation of the Dizzy Patient |author=Reeves, Alexander G. |author2=Swenson, Rand S. |title=Disorders of the Nervous System: A Primer |year=2008 |publisher=Dartmouth Medical School |url=http://www.dartmouth.edu/~dons/index.html |access-date=2020-03-28 |archive-date=2011-09-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110902031514/http://www.dartmouth.edu/~dons/index.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> or a non-specific feeling such as being [[Drunkenness|drunk]] or [[Humour|funny]].<ref name=UTD>{{cite web |url=http://www.uptodate.com/contents/approach-to-the-patient-with-dizziness |title=Approach to the patient with dizziness |author=Branch Jr., William T. |author2=Barton, Jason J. S. |work=UpToDate |date=February 10, 2011}}</ref> Dizziness is a common medical complaint, affecting 20-30% of persons.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Karatas |first1=Mehmet |doi=10.1097/NRL.0b013e31817533a3 |title=Central vertigo and dizziness: epidemiology, differential diagnosis, and common causes. |journal=The Neurologist |volume=14 |issu