Causes of dizziness
| General medical | Otological |
| • Haematological | • Menière’s disease |
| Anaemia | • Post-traumatic syndrome |
| Hyperviscosity | • Positional nystagmus |
| Miscellaneous | • Vestibular neuronitis |
| • Cardiovascular | • Infection |
| Postural hypotension | • Otosclerosis and Paget’s disease |
| Carotid sinus syndrome | • Vascular accidents |
| Dysrhythmia | • Tumours |
| Mechanical dysfunction | • Auto-immune disorders |
| • Metabolic | • Drug intoxication |
| Hypoglycaemia | |
| Hyperventilation | |
| Neurological | Miscellaneous |
| • Supratentorial | • Ocular |
| Epilepsy | • Cervical |
| Syncope | • Multisensory dizziness syndrome |
| Psychogenic | |
| • Infratentorial | |
| Multiple sclerosis | |
| Ischaemia | |
| Infective disorders | |
| Degenerative disorders | |
| Tumours | |
| Foramen magnum abnormalities |