Why do we experience vertigo?

In November 2016 the BBC World Service launched a brand new show in which listeners would send in their science questions, and a team of fearless presenters would find answers. Ten years on, CrowdScience is still going strong. We’ve answered over five hundred questions from our l ...  Show more

CrowdScience listener Nyok, in South Sudan, is right-handed and has always felt very creative. He's also noticed that left-handed people seem to be more logical. He's wondering if this has anything to do with the idea that different sides of your brain can be dominant for differe ...  Show more

Doctors Lisa and Sara talk to Consultant Otolaryngologist Ms Emma Stapleton and Clinical Scientist David Jay about Vertigo. We discuss the definition, differentials, and how to use information around timing and triggers to differentiate between the likely causes of vertigo. We ...

This episode covers vertigo.

Written notes can be found at https://zerotofinals.com/surgery/ent/vertigo/ or in the ear, nose and throat section of the Zero to Finals surgery book.

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Maybe you’ve experienced this – you get up from lying down and feel like you’re going to fall over. Or maybe, at some point, you’ve felt like the room is spinning. If so, you’ve had either dizziness or vertigo. It can be uncomfortable or it can be a sign of something more serious ...  Show more