AGE ASPECTS OF DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF DIZZINESS

Аннотация

Dizziness is a common complaint among patients of different ages. Up to 5-10% of patients who visit a general practitioner and up to 10-20% of patients who visit a neurologist complain of dizziness (Brandt T., 2000). According to epidemiological data, 20-30% of people experience dizziness at least once in their life; dizziness occurs annually in 4.9% of people (Neuhauser H., 2005). In terms of the population of the Russian Federation, vestibular dizziness develops annually in more than 7,000,000 people.