Dizziness, including vertigo and light-headedness, affects about one in three people over 65 and has now been identified as a predictor of falls. A review of 29 studies with 103,000 participants found that older adults with dizziness are over 60% more likely to fall and twice as likely to fall more than once. Common causes include Benign Positional Vertigo, orthostatics hypotension.
Older adults with dizziness face a higher risk of falling later
Dizziness predicts falls in elderly
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