Overview

The term dizziness can be used for a wide range of sensations; feeling faint, woozy, weak or unsteady. Vertigo is dizziness that creates the false feeling that you or your surroundings are moving. Dizziness can be accompanied with nausea or be so sudden that a person may need to sit down.

Symptoms

• A false sense of motion or spinning
• Lightheadedness or feeling faint
• Unsteadiness or a loss of balance
• A feeling of floating, wooziness or heavy-headedness