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Sometimes i wake up feeling the room is shaking side to side. i close my eyes & it still shakes! i sit up it goes away then comes back once i lay down?

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Dr. Jonathan Owens answered

Vertigo: Your description of the room shaking back and forth describe the symptom vertigo. If it occurs briefly with rapid position changes, you may have benign paroxysmal positional vertigo. This can typically be diagnosed and treated easily by an otolaryngologist.

Dr Perumal agreed

Answered 4/26/2019

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A member asked:

Sometimes i wake up feeling the room is shaking side to side. i close my eyes & it still shakes! i sit up it goes away then comes back once i lay down?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. Jonathan Owens answered

Dr Perumal agreed

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