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Peripheral causes of dizziness

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The peripheral causes of dizziness include:

  • middle ear disease:
    • perilymph fistula
    • glomus tumour

  • peripheral vestibular dysfunction:
    • viral labyrinthitis
    • Ramsay Hunt syndrome
    • ischaemia
    • basal meningitis
    • concussion

  • bilateral vestibular failure

  • Meniere's disease.

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