Diseases

Persistent Postural-Perceptual Dizziness

A chronic functional disorder with vertigo, dizziness and unsteadiness triggered by vestibular episode and psychological stress. Unlike in BENIGN PAROXYSMAL POSITIONAL VERTIGO, the otoliths on the OTOLITHIC MEMBRANE are not involved in pathology of persistent postural-perceptual dizziness.

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Abstract

A chronic functional disorder with vertigo, dizziness and unsteadiness triggered by vestibular episode and psychological stress. Unlike in BENIGN PAROXYSMAL POSITIONAL VERTIGO, the otoliths on the OTOLITHIC MEMBRANE are not involved in pathology of persistent postural-perceptual dizziness.

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  • Chronic Subjective Dizziness
  • Chronic Subjective Dizzinesses
  • Dizziness, Chronic Subjective
  • Dizziness, Persistent Postural-Perceptual
  • Persistent Postural Perceptual Dizziness
  • Persistent Postural-Perceptual Dizzinesses
  • Postural-Perceptual Dizziness, Persistent
  • Subjective Dizziness, Chronic

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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2026

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Previous Indexing

  • Vestibular Diseases (2008-2025)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Persistent Postural-Perceptual Dizziness. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000099102. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000099102
  2. Persistent Postural-Perceptual Dizziness. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persistent_postural-perceptual_dizziness
  3. Persistent Postural-Perceptual Dizziness. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18347556