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1. Vertigo-associated disorders  (Trust Mark: Doctor-Reviewed)
Vertigo is a sensation of motion or spinning that is often described as dizziness. Vertigo is not the same as light-headedness. People with vertigo feel as though they are actually spinning or moving, or that the world is spinning around them.• Reviewer: David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; and Daniel B. Hoch, PhD, MD, Assistant Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
2. Dizziness  (Trust Mark: Doctor-Reviewed)
Dizziness is a general term that describes sensations of imbalance and unsteadiness, such as vertigo, mild turning, imbalance, and near fainting or fainting. Feelings of dizziness stem from the vestibular system, which includes the brain and the p...• Author: Juli M. Berwald PhD

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3. vertigo -- Information from Harvard Medical School
Vertigo can be divided into two major categories, peripheral vertigo and central vertigo. Vertigo can feel like the room is spinning or like you are spinning in the room, or it can be just a sense of imbalance.
http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/9339/25498.html#diagnosis
4. Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) - Screening and diagnosis -- Mayo Clinic
MRI may be performed to rule out acoustic neuroma (a noncancerous brain tumor of the acoustic nerve, which carries sound from the inner ear to the brain) or other lesions that may be the cause of vertigo.
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5. Vertigo: Diagnosis -- Information from the Merck Manual
The Dix-Hallpike maneuver, which is used in diagnosis, resembles the Epley maneuver, which is used to treat benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (see A Cure for Vertigo? Vertigo, a type of dizziness, resembles the feeling produced by the...
http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec06/ch080/ch080b.html#sec06-ch080-ch080b-289
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