Vertigo (giddiness or loss of balance) may occur with the disorder known as Labyrinthitis. This is thought to be a viral infection. Crops of cases tend to occur at the same time. The attacks are short-lived from a few days to one or two weeks and they pass off completely with no permanent ill effects.

These attacks may be mild, and giddiness only occurs with movement of the head. Nausea and vomiting may be associated with the giddiness and these attacks may come spontaneously even at rest.

The doctor needs to examine the patient to exclude some more serious cause of these symptoms such as vascular accident (stroke) or a tumor.

No treatment in mild cases of labyrinthitis is required, but drugs will reduce the giddiness and the nausea and are used if the symptoms are severe.

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