Dizziness / Balance / Vertigo

UK sources of information and / or support

 Patient UK

Has an information leaflet called Dizziness (including vertigo, feeling faint and balance problems).

 British Brain and Spine Foundation

Have very good information booklets which you can download, including one called 'Dizziness and balance problems'

 ENT UK

The British Association of Head and Neck Surgeons provides patient information concerning dizziness and vertigo.

 Medicine Guide for Dizziness and Vertigo

Medicine Guides provide reliable information about medicines (drugs), conditions and the different treatment options available. They have been developed in the UK as part of the Medicines Information Project.

 Dizziness and Balance Problems

Factsheet from the Royal National Institute for Deaf People.

 Vertigo

Information from NHS Choices - the government's patient information portal.

 Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV)

Information from BUPA.

Further sources / more detailed information

Some non-UK sites

The following list popular non-UK health information sites with content aimed at the general public. They are mainly from the US. They have not been checked to see if information about the above topic is included but these large sites are comprehensive.

• Non-UK disease / illness sites
• Non-UK self-help / support group sites

More detailed medical information

The following list online sources of more detailed medical information, mainly from the UK. These sites are mainly aimed at health professionals, but are of interest to all. They have not been checked to see if information about the above topic is included, but information about most medical topics can usually be found.

• PatientPlus - hundreds of medical reference articles provided by Patient UK.
• Evidence Based Medicine - such as from Clinical Evidence, The Cochrane Library, etc.
• Database of UK Clinical Guidelines - from NICE, SIGN, Clinical Knowledge Summaries, etc.
• Medline - abstracts available from thousands of journals.
• Sites listing free online medical textbooks and journals.
• Sites listing free medical images - pictures, atlases, anatomy, skin diseases, etc.