What are Common Causes of Dizziness?

Dizziness or vertigo is not a disease; it is a symptom of something else.  There are many things that can cause dizziness.  These are some common conditions that can provoke dizziness:

• Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo
• Blood Pressure changes/ vascular disturbances
• Cervical Vertigo
• Chronic ear infections and cholesteatoma
• CVA/ stroke
• Diabetes
• Fistula (hole) in the inner ear labyrinth
• Foreign objects in ear canal, impacted earwax
• Head injury, traumatic brain injury, severe whiplash
• Labyrinthitis 
• Migraine
• Meniere’s disease
• Multiple Sclerosis
• Ototoxic drugs- medicines such as IV antibiotics or some chemotherapies that are poisonous to the ear and/or balance system.
• Panic/ anxiety attacks
• Tumors, acoustic neuromas
• Visual disturbances