Unmasked Vertigo - Neurology & Neuroscience

Vertigo is a very unpleasant symptom for the patient and a complex clinical problem for the  neurologist. First of all: a clear definition is needed, useful for both patients and clinicians and this  doesn’t seem a problem but, in my professional life I haven’t yet found a satisfactory definition: I think that the following is clear  and  comprehensive: Vertigo is a distorted perception of the  position or movement of head in the space. It may be accompanied by nausea, vomiting and by other vegetative symptoms; other signs may be nystagmus and postural deviations with falls. First of all, we must have complete knowledge of the structures which give a contribution to our perception of the position and shift of our head in  the  surrounding  space. 

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