Symptoms
The symptom of rotational vertigo can be very extensive and can cause a number of accompanying complaints. In the foreground is of course the rotary vertigo itself, which gives the affected person the feeling that he or she is spinning like on a merry-go-round. As a rule, the vertigo itself has a clearly defined direction of rotation, so that patients can usually indicate very easily whether it is counterclockwise or runs with it.
Other symptoms often occur at the same time as the onset of vertigo. These include tinnitus, ringing in the ears or hearing loss. Patients often describe a feeling as if they have a plug in their ear.
Dull or stabbing pain in the ear is also not uncommon. Dizziness in general can also cause balance problems and thus result in considerable restrictions when walking. Other symptoms, such as headaches, nausea and vomiting, loss of consciousness or problems with speaking can also occur.
The dizziness symptomatology usually sets in very suddenly. However, how long it lasts varies greatly from case to case. The dizziness can last from a few seconds to several hours.
Outbreaks of sweating are in most cases an indication of a dysregulation of the circulation. Cold sweats often occur when getting up from a lying or sitting position or even when standing for a long time. Later, affected persons can become black and black before their eyes until a fainting spell occurs.
Typically, the signs of a fainting spell are also accompanied by dizziness and indisposition. Sweating can also occur when a person overdoses medication or suffers from symptoms of poisoning. In these cases, dizziness (e.g. vertigo), sweating and indisposition are also common.
Nausea and vomiting may also occur.Sweating and vertigo, which are accompanied by pain in the chest, back or even in the abdomen, may also indicate heart disease and should be clarified by a doctor. Diarrhea is a symptom that can occur in many different diseases. In connection with dizziness, diarrhea and the associated loss of fluid is usually the cause of complaints such as rotational vertigo.
Diarrhea results in increased fluid excretion via the bowel movement. If it is not possible to compensate for this loss of fluid by drinking a sufficient amount of water and drinking a specific amount of fluid through food (for example through soup), dizziness and other circulatory problems can quickly occur. Due to the lack of fluid in the case of diarrhoea, there is often not enough fluid in the entire circulation.
Particularly when affected persons stand up, the heart has to pump the blood against gravity up to the brain, which is not always successful with small amounts of fluid in the circulation. This can result in a short-term poor blood supply to the brain, which can lead to dizziness and sometimes even blackening of vision or fainting spells. Like most other neurological functions, our perception of balance is very complex.
A whole range of different organ systems are involved and it itself influences other bodily functions. Among other things, the regulation and perception of balance also has a certain influence on our autonomic nervous system, which regulates non-controllable functions such as blood circulation in various parts of the body, sweat and saliva secretion and the function of the gastrointestinal tract. A disturbance of the vestibular system is therefore often accompanied by symptoms such as nausea and vomiting, paleness and sweating.
These signs of illness should therefore be regarded as a complex of symptoms. Treatment of the nausea should be primarily causal, i.e. as part of a therapy for vertigo. However, since this often cannot be done immediately, it is possible to take so-called antiemetics (drugs that reduce nausea). This can be done either with over-the-counter drugs such as Vomex® or with other drugs that can be administered or prescribed by a doctor.
