Q: I had such a bad attack of vertigo that my boyfriend drove me to urgent care. The doctor got it to go away by having me lie down and then moving my head around. Why did I have that episode of ...

Many people, at some point in their lives, experience a strange, disorienting sensation — something that feels like the room is spinning, or their balance has suddenly vanished. In India, this is ...

Benign means it's not very serious. Your life is not in danger. Paroxysmal means that it hits suddenly, lasts a short time, and comes and goes. Positional means you trigger the vertigo with certain ...

Have you ever felt like the world around you is spinning, tilting and swaying, making it hard to keep your balance even when you're standing still? That sensation might be vertigo, a dizzying ...

Dizziness is an imprecise term, according to Timothy C. Hain, a neurologist at Northwestern University. Vertigo, for example, is a kind of dizziness, as is lightheadedness. In an e-mail dialogue, Hain ...

Dizziness is a common complaint experienced by millions of Americans every year. You can have symptoms ranging from lightheadedness, where you feel you are about to pass out, to whirling vertigo, ...

Vertigo can also be a side effect of certain medications. From your description of the treatment you received, it appears you had an episode of what is known as positional vertigo. The full medical ...

Dear Doctors: I had such a bad attack of vertigo that my boyfriend drove me to urgent care. The doctor got it to go away by having me lie down and then moving my head around. Why did I have that ...