What your answers suggest: A vestibular migraine-pattern result page for dizziness with headache, light sensitivity, sound sensitivity, or visual symptoms.
Vertigo with headache, light or sound sensitivity, visual symptoms, nausea, or a migraine history often points toward vestibular migraine. Some patients feel dizzy even when head pain is mild or absent.
What this does not prove
Vestibular migraine is diagnosed from the pattern over time. It can overlap with Meniere disease and other causes, so a proper assessment is important before assuming migraine.
Red flags
- A sudden worst-ever headache.
- Fever with neck stiffness.
- Double vision, weakness, numbness, or slurred speech.
- A headache pattern unlike anything you have had before.
Best next step
If the pattern is recurrent and there are no red flags, an online or in-person consultation can help confirm the pattern, identify triggers, and plan prevention.
Related reading
- Vestibular migraine causes
- Vestibular migraine triggers
- Flunarizine vestibular migraine guide
- Vestibular migraine diet
Common questions
Can migraine cause vertigo without headache?
Yes. Vestibular migraine can produce vertigo or dizziness with little or no head pain.
When is headache with vertigo urgent?
A sudden worst-ever headache, neurological symptoms, fever with neck stiffness, or a new unusual pattern needs urgent assessment.
Can vestibular migraine be treated?
Yes. Trigger management, sleep regularity, vestibular rehabilitation in selected cases, and preventive medicines can reduce attacks.
Next step
This page cannot diagnose you. Use it to choose the safest next step: emergency care for red flags, in-person assessment when examination or testing is needed, and online consultation only when the pattern is stable and non-urgent.
Medically reviewed by Dr. Prateek Porwal, ENT & Vertigo Specialist. This page is for general education and does not replace personal medical advice or emergency care.