Question for Rendean

Hi Rendean... it's Shawnie

I wanted to ask you something regarding your post to Melissa re: Vertigo. You asked her if things are moving or if she feels like she's moving. What do either mean?? I sometimes feel like things are moving when I'm standing still. Often lightheaded???

Shelley

[rendean]

The "true" definiton of vertigo is the sensation that you are spinning while the environment is not OR the environment is moving around you while you are stationary. It involves the illusion of movement.

Other sensations are usually called dizziness or lightheadedness. These can be caused by many things including low blood pressure, dehydration, migrianes, etc.

If you feel like things are moving when you are standing still then that is vertigo not lightheadedness. Vertigo is due to a disorder in the vestibular apparatus of the inner ear or a disorder of the brain affecting the vestibular pathways. Vertigo can also be caused by a migraine even if you do not have a headache.

Hope this helps,
Ren

[shawnie31]

Hi thanks for the explanation. I did have severe vertigo last year and saw an ENT that said my vertigo was not an inner ear issue he suggested then it was neurological in nature but further investigation is yet to determine where my vertigo stems from.

I'm often lightheaded. But I also feel like when I'm standing doing something I feel like things are moving around me. Strange I know but it doens't happen often enough to really bother me yet. The lightheadedness is more bothersome lately.

Shelley