Because a large proportion of dizzy elderly patients in family practice remains undiagnosed, it would be worthwhile to carry out more diagnostic research on dizziness in a family practice setting.

Look out for symptoms like dry mouth, fatigue, dark-colored urine, and lightheadedness. Treating dehydration involves replacing lost fluids. You can work to prevent dehydration by making sure you ...

cervical vertigo, and the multisensory dizziness syndrome in the elderly, falling outside this classification. A detailed history and examination, as outlined in the preceding section, will usually ...

The most common vestibular dysfunctions in the elderly are Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV), Meniere's Disease, Migraine Equivalents, Metabolic and Vascular Labyrinth Diseases and ...

By applying our search strategy, we identified 3,990 dizzy patients. These patients had consulted their family physician at least once for dizziness during a period of 12 months (Figure 1).