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Dizziness is a vague term used to describe various sensations, including faintness, light-headedness, a loss of balance, a sense of spinning, a vague spaced-out feeling, and weakness. Vertigo is a specific type of dizziness. In vertigo, people feel as if they or their surroundings are moving or spinning.

Last full review/revision October 2007 by Michael Jacewicz, MD

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