8 Things You Need to Know About Vertigo

“Vertigo is a sense of motion when there is no motion,” says Damon Raskin, M.D., board-certified internist affiliated with Concierge Choice Physicians in California. “One might feel that the room is spinning around them or swaying (like a boat that’s about to capsize).” Your sense of balance depends on the signals that your eyes, sensory nerves, and inner ear report back to your brain, according to the Mayo Clinic. If the signals from your inner ear don’t match up with what your eyes and sensory nerves are reporting, your brain has to sort through the confusion, causing vertigo. To top it off, the severe spinning motion usually leads to nausea, vomiting, and difficulty walking. (Gah.)

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