Table 2.
Dizziness diagnoses in the study.
| Diagnoses | Number of patients (%) |
|---|---|
| Peripheral vestibular and otologic causes: | 199 (38.1%) |
| Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo | 75 (14.39%), |
| (otitis media, otitis externa, cerumen, labyrinthitis, cholesteatoma, Ménière’s disease) | 12 (2.3%), |
| Unspecified peripheral vestibular and otologic etiology | 112 (21.4%) |
| Undiagnosed or symptom-only diagnosis | 158 (30.3%) |
| Medications and illicit drugs | 49 (9.4%) |
| General medical disorders | 87 (16.6.%) |
| Dehydration, hypotension and orthostatic hypotension | 44 (8.4%) |
| Hyperglycemia | 18 (3.4%) |
| Hypertension | 9 (1.7%) |
| Anemia | 9 (1.7%) |
| Hepatic encephalopathy | 1 (0.19%) |
| URI | 2 (0.38%) |
| Uremia | 1 (0.19%) |
| Pregnancy | 1 (0.19%) |
| Lupus | 1 (0.19%) |
| Hyponatremia | 1 (0.19%) |
| Psychiatric diagnosis | 14 (2.6%) |
| Central neurological causes: | 8 (1.5%) |
| Cerebellar stroke | 4 (0.76%) |
| Occipital stroke | 1 (0.19%) |
| Brain tumor | 3 (0.57%) |
| Cardiac disorders | 5 (0.95%) |
| Refractive error | 1 (0.19%) |