Balance / Vestibular dysfunction
Vestibular system pathology
"Vertigo, dizziness and disequilibrium . . . occur in 5–10% of all patients seen by general practitioners and 10–20% of all patients seen by neurologists and otolaryngologists.
Whilst there is no doubt that these are frequent clinical problems, I suspect that they are not, shall we say, `popular' symptoms with doctors. W. B. Matthews has mentioned the `slight decline in spirits' experienced by the neurologist when learning that a patient's problem is one of dizziness..."
Brandt (1999)