There are three major symptoms that are usually known to direct you to vertigo. Let us take this opportunity to study what these symptoms are so we will know more about them. It is the patient's sense of balance that will be most affected by the symptoms of vertigo. This in turn means that (at least for as long as the episode of the condition is going on), the patient's ability to walk or stand is interfered with.

A normal episode would last for only a few minutes, so this should not be too much of a problem. However, there are some instances when an episode could last more than a few minutes, sometimes even longer. The mechanism and dynamics of our bodies can be examined more if they are assailed by a condition like vertigo. We should be able to learn more about our bodies, our bodily processes, as well as the many ways it could malfunction. Vertigo will help us gain a better appreciation of those.For patients suffering from vertigo, they would get the impression that they are constantly on the move, and moving in a circular motion.

They could not help but move the opposite direction of what they originally meant to and when they walk, it would seem as though they are drunk, since they are weaving way too much and couldn't go on in a straight line. Dizziness will be inevitable, and nausea attacks will also be involved. Worst case scenario, vomiting would also be possible. Sometimes, the motion is too strong and the movements too realistic that they would not doubt even for a moment that sense of movement is merely taking place in their heads. A vertigo attack could be confusing when dizziness takes place, and it is a good thing that many patients are actually able to keep a tight rein on their consciousness even during an episode.

Vertigo could also happen in this manner: the patient would feel that it is the earth or his surroundings that is moving and he is just standing still when, in fact, it is the opposite. The sense of being surrounded by moving objects would make the patient react wildly. His movements would be uncontrolled and erratic at best. It would be nearly impossible to walk in a straight line or stand straight since the patient's balance is completely shot.

Another symptom of vertigo would have the patients experiencing a rotating motion in their heads. But the motion is just in their head. The patient feels like he is standing still and not moving at all. Neither does he or she get the perception that the things in the immediate environment are moving. All the sense of movement is in the patient's head. Essentially, all the whirling is in his head. This can be a very scary thing when it is only the first time that someone is experiencing it.