When it comes to “dizziness”, people usually think it is a brain disease, but in fact, there are many kinds of dizziness, including dizzy, faint, spinning, and unstable walking, and one of the most scary is the spinning dizziness, which we generally call vertigo. You know, a lot of severe vertigo is often not a brain disease, but the root of the disease is often in the ears. This kind of vertigo from the ear is also called “otogenic vertigo”. We all know that our ears are responsible for hearing sounds, but there is another important function of the ears that we are not very familiar with, and that is that the ears are also responsible for the balance of the body, they are responsible for sensing the body’s movement in rotational and linear directions, and thus maintaining the body’s balance. Therefore, when there is a problem with the ears, it is possible to experience spinning, swaying, and unstable hallucinations, which is called vertigo. There are many ear conditions that can cause otogenic vertigo, the most common ones include: otoliths, Meniere’s disease, sudden deafness, and otitis media. Generally speaking, otogenic vertigo is more severe than other causes of vertigo or dizziness (e.g., cerebrovascular disease, cervical spondylosis, hypertension, anemia) in its manifestation, while its actual harm is less severe. In the case of otoliths, for example, the patient may feel the fear of “spinning” for a short time, but in fact it is a self-healing disease and has no sequelae after it has healed. Meniere’s disease is a chronic disease of otogenic origin, characterized by recurrent episodes of dizziness, which can last for several hours at a time, with nausea and vomiting, profuse sweating, and in some cases even falls. There are many diseases related to “dizziness”: cerebrovascular disease, brain tumors, cervical spine disease, cardiovascular disease, and otogenic diseases, the most serious of which are diseases of the brain and the most frequent are diseases of the ears. Knowing this, you should know that with “dizziness” disease must be taken seriously, but there is no need to be afraid.