Common Causes of Vertigo

Environmental Condition

Motion sickness

Drugs

• Alcohol
• Gentamicin
• Circulatory Problem

Transient ischemic attack (temporary disturbances in brain function caused by insufficient blood supply to parts of the brain for brief periods) affecting the vertebral and basilar arteries

Abnormalities in the Ear

• Calcium deposits in one of the semi-circular canals in the inner ear (causing benign paroxysmal positional vertigo)
• Bacterial infection of the inner ear
• Herpes zoster
• Labyrinthitis (viral infection of the labyrinth in the ear)
• Inflamed vestibular nerve
• Meniere's disease

Neurologic Disorders

• Multiple sclerosis
• Skull fracture with injury to the labyrinth, its nerve, or both
• Brain tumors
• Tumor compressing the vestibular nerve

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