Is this vertigo?

Question

Hi,
Does this sound like vertigo? Okay, its sort of a pulsing throb in my ears, eyes, head, and sometimes into my chest and arms. It doesn't hurt. Its sometimes a dizzy feeling. My mom and grandma have vertigo, but its really a hard thing to describe. Like I said, its a pulsing sort of feeling, when I move around, move my eyes in quick movements, loud noises, or sudden movements around me. Is this vertigo? I also have ringing in my ears a lot, I don't know if that has anything to do with it. But its weird, sometimes I'll get vertigo before my period starts. What do you think?

Answer 1

I have vertigo from time to time and have never had the pulsing symptoms you describe.I my case..I feel like my eyes are spinning in my head..best way I can describe it is a case of the good old fashioned bed spins like when you have had too much to drink. Also , while standing, if I tilt my head back to look straight up..I get dizzy , lose my balance and fall over backwards.and Lastly , if fluorescent lights flicker I get dizzy and lose my balance..It is a very odd sensation
Best of luck

Answer 2

It sounds like heart palpitations - when your heartbeart creates a sound or throbbing sensation in your ears. Vertigo is dizziness or feeling like you are moving when you are still, or thinking that things around you are moving when they are still. Brief disorientation is common with rapid movements, especially if a person has a cold or congestion.

Palpitations occur because the carotid artery passes very close to the ear, and your pulse can cause minute changes in inner ear pressure each time the heart beats. It is possible that your pulse is causing some disorientation because of pulses of pressure on your vestibule (in the ear).

This can sometimes be a symptom of a neurological problem - it would be a good idea to get this checked by a doctor sometime.

Answer 3

Vertigo? * Vertigo is a 1958 American psychological thriller film, directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring James Stewart, Kim Novak, and Barbara Bel Geddes. The film was written by Alec Coppel and Samuel A. Taylor, based on a novel by Boileau-Narcejac. A retired police detective, who has acrophobia, is hired as a private investigator to follow the wife of an acquaintance to uncover the mystery of her peculiar behavior. The film received mixed reviews upon initial release, but has garnered much acclaim since then and is now frequently ranked among the greatest films ever made, and often cited as a classic Hitchcock film and one of the defining works of his career. (From Wikipedia) Oh, You mean the medical condition? "Vertigo (from the Latin vertō "a whirling or spinning movement") is a type of dizziness, where there is a feeling of motion when one is stationary. The symptoms are due to a dysfunction of the vestibular system in the inner ear. It is often associated with nausea and vomiting as well as difficulties standing or walking." * Dysfunctions (like vertgo), abnormalities, defects, illness were not part of the intelligent design, they are consequences of the sin.