Vertigo

🩺When to See a Doctor

• 1Seek urgent evaluation if vertigo is sudden and severe
• 2accompanied by double vision
• 3slurred speech
• 4weakness
• 5numbness
• 6difficulty walking
• 7or a severe headache
• 8as these can indicate a stroke or other serious neurological cause. Recurrent or persistent vertigo without these features should still be evaluated by an ENT or neurologist to identify the specific inner-ear cause.