Possible causes of Dizziness
67 conditions can cause this symptom. Most common are listed first.
- Arrhythmia (abnormal heart rhythm) Common Urgent Pediatric
- Atrial fibrillation (irregular heart rate) Common Urgent
- Benign positional vertigo (spinning) Common
- Blood loss Common Urgent
- Bradycardia (slow heart rate) Common Urgent Pediatric
- Cerebral vascular accident (stroke) Common Urgent
- Hypotension (low blood pressure) Common Urgent Pediatric
- Transient ischemic attack (TIA, pre stroke) Common Urgent
- Otitis media (middle ear infection) Pediatric
- Ventricular tachycardia (VT) Urgent
- Acoustic neuroma (nerve tumor)
- Adjustment disorder
- Alcoholism
- Allergic reaction Urgent
- Amphetamine abuse Urgent
- Anemia (low red blood cell count)
- Anxiety disorder
- Atrial flutter (irregular heart rate) Urgent
- Brain tumor (cancer) Urgent
- Breast cancer (tumor) Urgent
- Carbon monoxide poisoning Urgent Pediatric
- Cardiomyopathy (weakened heart) Urgent
- Carotid artery stenosis (neck artery narrowing)
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
- Concussion (head injury)
- Coronary artery disease (CAD) Urgent
- Dehydration Urgent Pediatric
- Drug reaction
- Food poisoning
- Gastroenteritis (inflammation of the stomach and intestinal lining)
- Head injury Urgent
- Heat exhaustion
- HIV AIDS (Human Immunodeficiency Virus, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) Urgent
- Hypertensive emergency (blood pressure emergency) Urgent
- Hypoglycemia (low blood glucose) Urgent
- Intracranial hemorrhage (bleeding in brain) Urgent
- Iron deficiency anemia (low red blood cell)
- Labyrinthitis (dizziness and vertigo)
- Long QT Syndrome (QT prolongation) Urgent
- Major depressive disorder (severe depression) Urgent
- Medication reaction Urgent
- Meniere's disease
- Meningitis (brain spine infection) Urgent
- Migraine
- Multiple sclerosis (MS)
- Panic disorder
- Pneumonia (lung infection) Urgent
- Post concussive syndrome (post head injury)
- Postural hypotension (orthostatic hypotension)
- Premenstrual syndrome (PMS)
- Prescription drug abuse
- Pseudotumor cerebri (elevated brain pressure) Urgent
- Pulmonary embolism (blood clot of lung) Urgent
- Renal failure, acute (sudden kidney failure) Urgent
- Renal failure, chronic (kidney failure)
- Seizure (epilepsy) Urgent
- Sepsis (severe infection) Urgent
- Sinusitis (sinus infection)
- Smoke inhalation Urgent
- Stress
- Thyroid cancer
- Upper respiratory tract infection (URI)
- Vasovagal syncope (fainting)
- Vertigo (spinning sensation)
- Vestibular neuronitis (labyrinthitis)
- Viral infections
- Wolff Parkinson White syndrome (WPW) Urgent