Associated symptoms

Patients with dizziness in the head may have different symptoms. On the one hand, the dizziness can occur suddenly and in attacks. In this case, patients often report attacks of dizziness, which usually manifests itself in a spinning dizziness that starts suddenly and disappears quickly.

On the other hand, the dizziness can also be long-lasting. Vertigo in the head is often accompanied by many other symptoms. In addition to a general feeling of discomfort and dizziness, it can lead to gait insecurity and orientation difficulties.Those affected feel unsteady on their feet and may start to sway.

Nausea, vomiting, trembling and heavy sweating can also occur in severe dizziness attacks. Patients who suffer from prolonged dizziness often complain of headaches as well as tiredness and a feeling of weakness. Furthermore, a feeling of pressure in the head can occur.

Vision problems can also be accompanied by dizziness in the head. Tiredness can be part of dizziness in the head. In this context, it is often described as a kind of discomfort and weakness that can manifest itself both during a dizzy spell and during the vertigo-free phases.

A general feeling of exhaustion and an increased need for sleep develops, since especially a long-lasting, always subliminal dizziness in the head can tear at the physical substance. Dizziness caused by stress can lead to fatigue that can last for weeks and lead to severe limitations in everyday life. The term “visual disorders” can describe very different complaints.

These include, for example, flickering before the eyes, double vision, or even complete loss of the visual field, which the affected person perceives as black or gray patches. If they occur together with dizziness, it usually points to a cause that lies in the brain. Statistically, the most common is migraine.

Since the entire cerebral cortex can be affected in a migraine attack, a wide variety of symptoms and sensory disorders can occur. Much rarer causes are lesions in the brain or in the central nervous system, such as bleeding or tumors. In the case of newly occurring visual disorders that cannot be reliably attributed to another cause, these pathological processes should therefore be excluded.

Headaches can also occur as a further symptom besides dizziness in the head. Particularly in the case of long-lasting dizziness, headaches often occur due to exhaustion or also due to tension in muscular structures. Dizziness caused by muscular problems leads in many cases to tension headaches, which are rather dull and localized in the area of the entire head.

Headaches in combination with dizziness can also be signs of migraine. In addition, nausea, vomiting and sensitivity to light can occur. If dizziness occurs for the first time in combination with severe, sudden headaches, this complex of symptoms can indicate a serious illness such as a cerebral haemorrhage.

Prolonged, dull or even severe headaches accompanied by visual disturbances and dizziness in the head can be an indication of a space-occupying process in the brain. Neck pains that occur together with dizziness should be clarified by a physician. Particular urgency is required if the symptoms have appeared within a short period of time or have worsened significantly, or if certain accompanying symptoms occur.

These include impaired consciousness, movement restrictions, numbness and fever. These symptoms may indicate meningitis. Dizziness should also be taken particularly seriously in cases of neck pain caused by a previous injury to the cervical spine and should be clarified as quickly as possible, as the injury may have injured structures in the head or the central nervous system.

Dizziness can also be accompanied by a feeling of pressure. The term “feeling of pressure” can refer to various symptoms. For example, pressure in the head can occur in the ear, be felt throughout the entire head or take the form of headaches. If these symptoms occur together with dizziness, it can be caused by a common cause, such as motion sickness or Meniere’s disease, and often there are other accompanying symptoms.