Can traveling cause vertigo?


Can traveling cause vertigo? Changes in air pressure during flying can cause ear-drum pain and perforation, vertigo, and hearing loss.


Can vertigo just come on suddenly?

Attacks of vertigo can develop suddenly and last for a few seconds, or they may last much longer. If you have severe vertigo, your symptoms may be constant and last for several days, making normal life very difficult.


Why do I have vertigo after traveling?

Flying does two things that are relevant to dizziness-- it may induce motion sickness, and it may stimulate the ear through pressure changes. There is a small literature about alternobaric vertigo. In small planes, dizziness may come from either or both mechanisms.


Can travel trigger vertigo?

The appearance of dizziness or vertigo during or at the end of a journey is a common phenomenon. So common that almost everyone can report an incident of someone in their environment with such sensitivity.