Symptoms

Dizziness
 Dizziness can range from a fleeting, momentary sensation to a severe loss of balance disorder that makes normal functioning impossible. Nearly half of all adults will have an episode of dizziness serious enough to send them to the doctor.
Dizziness generally refers to three specific sensations:
    Faintness. One type of dizziness is described as feeling lightheaded, as if you might pass out.
    Loss of balance. Another type of dizziness is characterized by feeling unsteady on your feet, as if you might fall.
    Vertigo. With vertigo, you feel as if the world is spinning around you or that you yourself are spinning.
Describing your dizziness as precisely as possible will make it easier for your doctor to diagnose the cause and treat it.

Causes
 The causes of dizziness are as varied as its symptoms. Dizziness can result from something as simple as motion sickness — the queasy feeling that you get on hairpin roads and roller coasters. Or it can be caused by complicated problems with the balance mechanism in your inner ear. Dizziness is also a rare sign of certain serious disorders such as stroke and diseases of the heart and blood vessels. Generally, however, dizziness in the absence of any other symptoms is almost always caused by something less worrisome.
Some causes of dizziness include:
Inner ear problems
Many cases of dizziness are caused by problems that affect the balance mechanism in your inner ear. Examples include:
    Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV)
    Ear infection (middle ear)
    Meniere's disease
    Motion sickness
Reduced blood flow
Dizziness can be caused if your brain doesn't receive enough blood. This can occur for a variety of reasons, including:
    Arteriosclerosis / atherosclerosis
    Dehydration
    Heart arrhythmias
    Orthostatic hypotension (postural hypotension)
    Stroke
    Transient ischemic attack (TIA)
Certain medications
Some types of drugs cause dizziness, including some varieties of:
    Antidepressants
    Anti-seizure drugs
    Drugs to control high blood pressure
    Sedatives
    Tranquilizers
Other causes of dizziness
    Anemia
    Concussion
    Generalized anxiety disorder
    Hypoglycemia
    Migraine
    Panic attacks

Note: Causes shown here are commonly associated with these symptom. Kindly consult to your doctor or other health care Practitioner  for an correct diagnosis and treatment.

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