If you feel dizzy, unsteady, disorientated and/or lightheaded and experience any of the below IN ADDITION, please attend the nearest A&E hospital or call the emergency services as soon as possible.
Sudden onset of:
1. Significant and persistent nausea and vomiting
2. Extremely severe headache with or without associated neck pain
3. Pure double vision (diplopia) rather than visual blurring
4. Speech difficulties (dysarthria)
5. Swallowing difficulties (dysphagia)
6. Trouble with the voice when trying to talk, including hoarseness and change in pitch or quality of voice (dysphonia)
7. Inability to control the distance, speed and range of motion necessary to perform smoothly coordinated movements (dysmetria) like buttoning clothing, writing, using a key to lock or unlock a door, etc.
8. Abnormal feeling such as decreased sensation, pins and needles or numbness on top of the head or face (dysesthesia)
9. Drop attacks (sudden falls without losing consciousness)
10. Lost awareness of yourself and surroundings for at least a few seconds
11. Down-is-up distortions (sensation of room tilting upside down)
12. Feeling faint
13. Chest tightness with or without arm or middle back cramping
14. Difficulty breathing (dyspnea)
15. Severe palpitations while feeling cold or hot
16. Fever over 37.5°C or a feeling of chills
17. Sudden involuntary opening of bladder and/or bowel with or without associated back pain
18. If you suspect your symptoms may be related to new/recent medication intake (ototoxicity)
19. Bleeding from the nose, ear or mouth
20. ONE-SIDED arm and/or leg weakness
21. If you cannot recall information such as who is around you, what you were doing or where you are located
22. ONE-SIDED swelling or red/blue/purple discolouration of arm or leg
