🩺 Symptom Guide
Dizziness / Vertigo
Assess urgently for posterior circulation stroke, arrhythmia, shock, toxic-metabolic causes, and true acute vestibular syndrome versus non-vertiginous dizziness.
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Red flags
- Inability to stand or walk unaided
- new focal neurological deficit
- diplopia
- dysarthria
First actions / assessment
- ABCDE first
- clarify what the patient means by dizziness and separate true spinning vertigo from presyncope, gait imbalance, or nonspecific light-headedness
- record full vitals including orthostatic BP if relevant, capillary glucose, and ECG when presyncope/cardiac cause is possible
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