loading...| Preferred Name |
Vertigo |
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/Vertigo |
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| database_cross_reference |
UMLS: C0042571 |
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| definition |
Definition: “Vertigo is the sensation that the environment is spinning around relative to oneself (objective vertigo) or vice versa (subjective vertigo). The term is sometimes used erroneously to mean any form of dizziness. True vertigo is described as a rotary sensation of the patient or surroundings, and is often of vestibular origin.” Vertigo is the predominant symptom of vestibular dysfunction. Patients often experience vertigo as an illusion of motion; some interpret this as self-motion, others as motion of the environment. The most common motion illusion is a spinning sensation. A spinning sensation is not required; vertigo can also be a sense of swaying or tilting. Also, not all patients are able to describe their vertigo in such concrete terms. Vague dizziness, imbalance, or disorientation may eventually prove to be due to a vestibular problem. Vertigo is often present in combination with nystagmus. In the clinical summaries of the NBB, the word vertigo is usually used to indicate problems in the vestibular system, but also frequently as a symptom the patient reported. In the latter it could remain unknown what the origin of this symptom ‘vertigo’ is, as is could possibly be of an cerebellar origin. |
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We scored as TRUE: only when it literally stated ‘vertigo'. We did NOT score: diagnoses such as Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo. These are scored in a separate section of the database. We did NOT score: any other words. These were scored as ‘Positive sensory symptoms’. We did NOT score: dizziness; dizzy. These were not scored anywhere (too subjective). We did NOT score: nystagmus. This was scored separately as 'Nystagmus'. Explanation: be aware of the subjective origin of this word in the summaries of the NBB. |
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Vertigo |
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| label |
Vertigo |
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| NeurodegenerationAssociatedTrait |
true |
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| notation |
Vertigo |
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| prefLabel |
Vertigo |
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| treeView |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/Cerebellar_and_vestibular_system_dysfunction |
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| subClassOf |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/Cerebellar_and_vestibular_system_dysfunction |