Vertigo is a common clinical symptom and not a disease in itself, but there are many diseases that cause vertigo. In the process of vertigo diagnosis, although there are many tests available, medical history always comes first, so it is important for patients to describe their medical history during the consultation. An experienced doctor will usually ask you a lot of questions when you visit him or her, and you can also infer whether the doctor you are seeing is professional or not by the questions he or she asks. Because professional doctors will keep asking questions about your medical history, but patients will have severe vertigo, nausea, vomiting and other symptoms at the onset of the disease, and will not remember other accompanying symptoms, which will make the diagnosis of the disease difficult. Therefore, the patient should cooperate with the doctor to recall as accurately as possible the relevant triggers and characteristics of the onset of the disease. As a patient, you should pay attention to the following aspects when presenting your medical history: 1. Causes of vertigo attack: whether there is upper respiratory tract infection, mood swings, fatigue, excessive smoking and drinking, insomnia, etc. in the day or days before the vertigo attack; whether the vertigo appears in the natural state or during certain actions; whether it appears when turning around or sitting up, lowering or tilting the head; whether it appears when noise or air pressure changes. 2. Forms of vertigo attack: including motion illusion (scenery rotation, swaying, drifting), balance disorder (posture, unstable gait, stumbling or tilting to one side when walking), dizziness (drowsiness of head, lightness of head, feeling of heavy pressure on head). 3. Duration of vertigo attack: whether it is episodic or migratory, duration, speed of onset, first onset or recurrent onset, 4. Several minutes for vestibular migraine, TIA. several hours for vestibular migraine, Meniere’s disease, delayed membranous vagal effusion, benign recurrent vertigo. For a few days to a few weeks, see vestibular neuritis. 5.Companying symptoms of vertigo: whether it is accompanied by cochlear symptoms or neurological symptoms. Such as deafness, tinnitus, ear swelling and stuffiness, photophobia, phonophobia, headache, impaired consciousness, facial numbness and pain, choking and coughing with water, slurred speech.