Please note that this guidance is currently undergoing review by Safer Care Victoria to ensure the content is up to date. In the meantime, we recommend that you also refer to more contemporaneous evidence where possible.
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Vertigo is a type of dizziness. It can begin seconds after a certain head movement or change in position and lasts less than a minute if the head is kept still. Movement of the head will often make the dizziness worse.
You may feel as if you are spinning or not well balanced. You may feel like you are going to fall over.
While there are some serious causes of vertigo, in most cases it is not a serious condition and usually gets better with time.
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Version history
First published: July 2019
Due for review: July 2022