Cervical Vertigo

A patient with cervical vertigo experiences both dizziness and neck pain. It also leads to headaches, nausea, vomiting, and ear pain. Neck trauma, cervical spondylitis, and atherosclerosis of the neck are common causes. Muscle relaxants, analgesics, and anti-dizziness medications relieve symptoms of cervical vertigo.

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Vertigo and nausea with violent shaking coming from my shoulders. What could it be?

Query: Hello doctor, I am a 30-year-old woman. I have been having rough episodes of vertigo and nausea along with violent shaking that seems to be coming from my shoulders. I have pins and needles all the way down to my legs. I went to the ER twice because my condition suddenly and abruptly worsened. The d...  Read Full »


Dr. Vinay. S. Bhat

Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. Recurrent vertigo and nausea and associated neck pain which is radiating to shoulders and hands are suggestive of a rare form of vertigo known as cervical vertigo. Usually, the causes of cervical vertigo are acute cervical spine injury, cervical spondylosis, cervical s...  Read Full »

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