[Vertigo as the main symptom. Diagnosis and therapy from the neurologic viewpoint].

Abstract

Vertigo is very often an unspecific symptom. The author differentiates between vestibular or systematic vertigo and non-vestibular or unsystematic vertigo. The diseases of the central vestibular system are described. Not only the special diagnostic methods (e.g. electronystagmography) but also the anamnesis and simple clinical investigation are presented. The overview includes drug therapy and physical therapy of vertigo from a neurological point of view.