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. A patient suffering from the condition known as vertigo will find that all these manifestations affect his or her sense of balance. 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.

Thankfully, the individual episodes tend to be brief, though there are some patients in whom they end up occurring all too often, necessitating some serious medical interventions. The disease we are focusing on happens to be one of the conditions which give us insights into the workings of our various bodily systems. 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.

That constant sense of movement experienced by some patients is a sure symptom of vertigo. Usually they would feel like they are moving in a circular motion. The end result is a situation where the patient is likely to behave as if he or she is drunk, as he or she tries to move in the desired direction, while at the same time facing opposition from the perceived 'internal forces.' Aside from dizziness, nausea and vomiting is also a consequence that is usually associated with this condition. The motion would seem so realistic that the patient would eventually believe as though he is really in motion. 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.

The second way in which vertigo normally manifests in patients is where the patient doesn't feel as if he or she is moving, but rather, where he or she gets the perception that it is the things in the immediate environment that are moving. There would be erratic movement from the patient as he tries to dodge and make his way around a room with moving objects. Balance impairment is also a given. Walking straight or standing still would be an impossible.

Another symptom of vertigo would have the patients experiencing a rotating motion in their heads. But the motion is just in their head. In this case, the patient doesn't feel as if he or she is moving. There is no sense of moving objects in his environment and his surroundings are not in a whirl. All the sense of movement is in the patient's head. Essentially, all the whirling is in his head. It is normal for a person to feel thoroughly scared when this sensation hits him or her for the very first time.