Dizziness and headaches | Diagnosis of dizziness

Dizziness and headaches

The German guidelines for vertigo diagnosis emphasize the importance of a careful physical examination and a detailed anamnesis. Imaging procedures such as CT or MRI and other apparatus-based techniques are not usually used, but only in cases of certain suspicious facts. Regardless of the existing vertigo, similar diagnostic criteria are always applied.

They help to differentiate the individual dizziness syndromes. These criteria include the type of vertigo (rotational vertigo, swaying vertigo, dizziness), the temporal extension (attack or continuous vertigo), any accompanying symptoms (nausea, headaches, etc.) and the movement-dependent or movement-independent occurrence of the vertigo.