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Does skiing cause vertigo?
 

...Not really, but sometimes it does! Sudden attacks of vertigo can happen to perfectly healthy people during certain hallucinating conditions that affect their vision and brain functioning. This includes activities that trigger sensitivity of the inner ear to certain motions such as swaying and sudden starts and stops.

This includes activities like:

  • Skiing
  • Sky diving
  • Sailing
  • Cycling
  • Riding in a car
  • Horse racing
  • Car race
  • Looking down from great heights

Skiing does not cause vertigo but it may predispose you to the sense of vertigo. During skiing your body moves faster and the blood vessels become compressed and blood circulates faster than usual. Professional sky divers experience less vertigo because they are trained in a way supportive to their health.

  • Blood circulation disorders = When there's any problem with the flow of blood in your inner ear, often due to compressed vascular tubes, you are more likely to become dizzy. People suffering from high blood pressure are more likely to have blood circulation disorders amounting to vertigo.
  • Disturbance in the labyrinth = When the interconnecting cavities of the inner ear (that facilitates your hearing and balance function) become inflamed or somehow irritated, the ear fluids may be dislocated, making them misinterpret the orientation of the body. When fluids disorder occurs, you will feel dizzy.

Related topics:

  1. What is vertigo?
  2. What is Tinnitus?
  3. Meniere's disease