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Causes of Balance symptoms



This section discusses 345 medical conditions causing Balance symptoms. A simple discussion of these causes with additional information is below.

Causes of Balance symptoms:

The following medical conditions are some of the possible causes of Balance symptoms. There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor about your symptoms.

Conditions listing medical symptoms: Balance symptoms:

The following list of conditions have 'Balance symptoms' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

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  • 47,XXX syndrome ... poor coordination, clumsiness

    A

  • Abetalipoproteinemia ... balance problems
  • Acanthamoeba infection ... loss of balance
  • Acanthamoeba infection of the central nervous system ... loss of balance
  • Acoustic neuroma ... unsteadiness
  • Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis ... coordination problems
  • Adult progressive spinal muscular atrophy, Aran Duchenne type ... clumsiness
  • Aerotitis syndrome ... vertigo
  • Agenesis of the corpus callosum ... impaired hand-eye coordination
  • Aging brain syndrome ... vertigo
  • Alcohol abuse ... coordination difficulty
  • Alcohol drinking ... balance problems, coordination difficulties
  • Alcohol-Induced Disorders ... balance problems, coordination difficulties
  • Alcoholic Neuropathy ... clumsiness
  • Alexander Syndrome ... coordination problems
  • Alternating Hemiplegia ... balance problems
  • Alzheimer's Disease ... impaired spatial skills, impaired visual skills
  • Amphetamine abuse ... coordination difficulty
  • Amyloid Neuropathies ... balance problems
  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ... tripping, falling
  • Apraxia ... Poor coordination
  • Arachnoid Cysts ... vertigo, problems with balance
  • Arginase deficiency ... balance problems, coordination problems
  • Arnold-Chiari Malformation (Type 1) ... vertigo, clumsiness
  • Arnold-Chiari malformation type 3 ... vertigo
  • Arnold-Chiari malformation type 4 ... vertigo, poor balance
  • Asperger syndrome ... poor coordination, clumsiness, uncoordinated motor movements
  • Astrocytoma ... impaired balance
  • Ataxia ... poor muscle coordination, clumsiness
  • Ataxia Telangiectasia ... clumsiness, balance problems, balance difficulty, coordination problems
  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder ... poor coordination
  • Autoimmune Inner Ear disease ... balance problems

    B

  • Bárány syndrome ... vertigo
  • Balance disorders ... vertigo, falling sensation, unsteadiness, unbalanced
  • BANF acoustic neurinoma ... vertigo
  • Barbiturate abuse ... falling
  • Barre-Lieou syndrome ... vertigo
  • Bartschi-Rochaix syndrome ... vertigo
  • Basilar artery insufficiency syndrome ... vertigo, unsteadiness
  • Basilar artery migraine ... vertigo, poor muscular coordination
  • Basilar Migraine ... vertigo, clumsiness
  • Batten Disease ... clumsiness, stumbling, stumbling
  • Batten-Turner muscular dystrophy ... stumbling
  • Behcet's Disease ... difficulty coordinating movement, impaired balance
  • Behr syndrome ... impaired coordination
  • Benign Fasciculation Syndrome ... clumsiness
  • Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo ... vertigo
  • Bhaskar-Jagannathan syndrome ... poor balance
  • Binswanger's Disease ... clumsiness
  • Biotinidase deficiency ... poor muscle coordination
  • Bonnier's syndrome ... vertigo
  • Brain cancer ... lack of coordination, balance problems, Stumbling, Stumbling
  • Brain tumor, adult ... impaired balance
  • Brown-Vialetto-Van Laere syndrome ... clumsiness
  • Brun's syndrome ... vertigo, falls

    C

  • Carbamoyl-phosphate synthase 1 deficiency ... loss of coordination
  • Carbon monoxide poisoning ... clumsiness
  • Central pontine myelinolysis ... loss of balance
  • Cerebellar ataxia - ectodermal dysplasia ... impaired coordination, impaired balance
  • Cerebellar degeneration ... impaired balance
  • Cerebellar hypoplasia ... vertigo, poor balance
  • Cerebral Palsy ... balance difficulty
  • Ceroid lipofuscinosis, neuronal 2, late infantile type ... poor motor coordination
  • Ceroid lipofuscinosis, neuronal 7 ... motor impairment
  • Ceroid lipofuscinosis, neuronal 8 ... motor impairment
  • Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, Type 1A ... balance problems
  • Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, Type 1B ... balance problems
  • Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, Type 1C ... balance problems
  • Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, Type 1D ... balance problems
  • Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, Type 1E ... balance problems
  • Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, Type 1F ... balance problems
  • Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, Type 2A ... balance problems
  • Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, Type 2AI ... balance problems
  • Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, Type 2AII ... balance problems
  • Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, Type 2C ... balance problems
  • Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, Type 2D ... balance problems
  • Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, Type 2E ... balance problems
  • Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, type 4 ... balance problems
  • Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, Type 4A ... balance problems
  • Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, Type 4B1 ... balance problems
  • Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, Type 4C ... balance problems
  • Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, Type 4E ... balance problems
  • Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, Type 4F ... balance problems
  • Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, Type 4G ... balance problems
  • Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, X-linked, 1 ... balance problems
  • Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disorder ... balance problems
  • Charcot-Marie-Tooth, demyelinating, autosomal recessive ... balance problems
  • Chiari Malformation ... impaired coordination
  • Childhood-onset cerebral X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy ... poor coordination
  • Chorea ... clumsiness
  • Choreoathetosis-spasticity, episodic ... imbalance
  • Chromosome 15 Ring ... poor coordination
  • Chromosome 18 deletion syndrome ... poor coordination
  • Chromosome 18, Tetrasomy 18p ... difficulty coordinating movement
  • Chromosome 18q, partial deletion ... poor coordination
  • Chromosome 20 ring ... clumsiness
  • Chromosome 20p, partial duplication ... poor coordination
  • Chromosome 22 Ring ... lack of coordination
  • Chronic Kidney Disease ... clumsiness
  • Citrullinemia I, later-onset ... balance problems
  • Classic childhood ALD ... disturbances of coordination
  • Cochleosaccular degeneration of the inner ear and progressive cataracts ... balance problems
  • Coffin-Lowry syndrome ... clumsy gait
  • Combarros Calleja Leno syndrome ... clumsy gait
  • Congenital disorder of glycosylation type 1A ... impaired coordination, impaired balance
  • Congenital stenosis of cervical medullary canal ... clumsiness
  • Corpus callosum agenesis ... impaired hand-eye coordination
  • Corticobasal Degeneration ... poor coordination, impaired balance, visual-spatial impairment, visual-spatial impairment, impaired balance
  • Creatine deficiency, X-linked ... impaired hand-eye coordination
  • Cysticercosis ... difficulty with balance

    D

  • Dandy-Walker Syndrome ... unsteadiness
  • Deafness progressive cataract autosomal dominant ... balance problems
  • Demyelinating disorder ... Clumsiness
  • Dentatorubral Pallidoluysian Atrophy ... loss of balance
  • Down Syndrome ... poor muscle coordination
  • Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy ... falls
  • Dysphasic dementia, hereditary ... falls

    E

  • Eagle's syndrome ... vertigo
  • Ear infection ... Balance problems
  • Ear infection (infant) ... Balance problems
  • Ehlers-Danlos syndrome Type I ... unsteadiness
  • Encephalitis ... poor coordination, clumsiness
  • Endolymphatic sac tumors (ELST's) in Von Hippel Lindau (VHL) disease ... impaired balance
  • Ependymoma ... motor dysfunction, unsteadiness
  • Episodic ataxia syndrome ... unsteadiness, impaired balance
  • Episodic ataxia, type 1 ... unsteadiness, impaired balance
  • Episodic ataxia, type 2 ... vertigo, unsteadiness, impaired balance
  • Episodic ataxia, type 3 ... vertigo, unsteadiness
  • Episodic ataxia, type 4 ... vertigo, unsteadiness
  • Episodic ataxia, type 5 ... vertigo, unsteadiness
  • Episodic ataxia, type 6 ... unsteadiness
  • Episodic ataxia, type 7 ... vertigo, unsteadiness
  • Extradural hematoma ... coordination problems

    F

  • Fabry's Disease ... vertigo
  • Falls ... Loss of balance
  • Familial dysautonomia ... poor balance, coordination problems
  • Familial isolated deficiency of vitamin E ... loss of coordination
  • Fetal alcohol syndrome ... impaired coordination
  • Friedreich ataxia ... clumsy gait
  • Friedreich ataxia - congenital glaucoma ... unsteadiness

    G

  • Ganglioglioma ... balance problems, unsteadiness
  • Gerlier disease ... vertigo
  • Glénard syndrome ... vertigo
  • Glioma ... balance problems, coordination problems
  • Gliomatosis cerebri ... motor dysfunction, unsteadiness
  • Gliosarcoma ... balance problems, unsteadiness
  • Glutathione synthetase deficiency, severe ... loss of coordination
  • Grand mal seizures ... falls
  • Granulomatous amebic encephalitis ... loss of balance

    H

  • Harding ataxia ... poor coordination, poor balance
  • Hashimoto's encephalitis ... impaired coordination, impaired balance
  • Hearing Impairment ... balance problems
  • Heat exhaustion ... poor coordination
  • Hemangioblastoma ... balance problems, coordination problems
  • Hereditary cerebellar ataxia syndrome of early onset ... unsteadiness
  • Hereditary non-progressive cerebellar ataxia syndrome of early onset ... unsteadiness
  • Hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy 3 ... poor muscle coordination, poor balance
  • Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia ... clumsy walk
  • Herpes zoster oticus ... vertigo
  • HHV-6 encephalitis ... difficulty coordinating movements
  • Hip conditions ... Balance problems
  • Hip injury ... Balance problems
  • Hip Replacement ... Balance problems
  • HIV/AIDS ... lack of coordination
  • Hoigné syndrome ... vertigo
  • Homen syndrome ... vertigo
  • Homocystinuria ... clumsiness
  • Homocystinuria due to defect in methylation (cbl g) ... poor coordination
  • Homocystinuria due to defect in methylation cbl e ... poor coordination
  • Homocystinuria syndrome ... clumsiness
  • Hoyeraal-Hreidarsson syndrome ... poor coordination, poor balance
  • Huntington's Disease ... motor impairment
  • Hydrocephalus ... poor coordination, problems with balance
  • Hyperostosis frontalis interna ... vertigo
  • Hypertrophic neuropathy of Dejerine-Sottas ... balance problems
  • Hypomagnesemia primary ... vertigo, impaired balance

    I

  • Inclusion body myopathy, autosomal dominant ... loss of balance
  • Inclusion Body Myositis ... tripping, Falling, difficulty buttoning
  • Infantile onset spinocerebellar ataxia ... clumsiness, impaired balance
  • Infantile sialic acid storage disorder ... clumsiness
  • Intracranial arachnoid cysts ... vertigo, problems with balance
  • Intracranial Embolism ... balance problems, coordination problems
  • Intracranial Hemorrhages ... impaired coordination, impaired balance

    J

  • Joubert Syndrome ... balance problems
  • Juvenile dermatomyositis ... falling, clumsiness
  • Juvenile pilocytic astrocytoma ... balance problems, poor balance, coordination problems
  • Juvenile primary lateral sclerosis ... clumsiness, balance problems

    K

  • Kifafa seizure disorder ... lack of coordination
  • Klinefelter syndrome, variants ... poor coordination
  • Kocher-Debre-Semelaigne syndrome ... clumsy gait
  • Kuru ... Loss of coordination

    L

  • Labrynthitis ... vertigo, loss of balance, falling, balance problems
  • Lead poisoning ... eye-hand defects
  • Legionnaires' disease ... impaired coordination
  • Leukemia, T-Cell ... poor balance
  • Leukomalacia ... coordination problems
  • Listeriosis ... loss of balance
  • Lithium toxicity ... lack of coordination
  • Lyme disease ... poor motor coordination
  • Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis ... motor abnormalities

    M

  • Méničre's disease ... vertigo (episodic), vertigo on waking up
  • Machado-Joseph Disease ... clumsiness
  • Mal de debarquement ... imbalance
  • Mann syndrome ... coordination disorders, unsteadiness
  • Marijuana abuse ... poor coordination, clumsiness
  • May-White syndrome ... impaired coordination, impaired balance
  • Melanoma - astrocytoma syndrome ... balance problems, coordination problems
  • Methylcobalamin deficiency cbl G type ... poor coordination
  • Microcephaly ... clumsiness
  • Microencephaly ... clumsiness
  • Middle ear infection ... Balance problems
  • Mountain sickness ... poor coordination
  • Multiple Sclerosis ... coordination difficulty, clumsiness, balance difficulty, Balance disorders
  • Multiple system atrophy ... loss of balance
  • Muscular Dystrophy ... falls
  • Muscular dystrophy, limb-girdle, autosomal recessive, type 2K ... motor impairment
  • Myelinopathies ... difficulty coordinating movement, balance problems
  • Myelocerebellar disorder ... unsteadiness
  • Myelopathy ... imbalance

    N

  • Naegleria ... loss of balance
  • Neck Arthritis ... clumsiness
  • Nerve sheath neoplasm ... impaired balance
  • Neurocysticercosis ... difficulty with balance
  • Neuroectodermal tumors primitive ... loss of balance
  • Neurofibromatosis-1 ... balance disorders
  • Neurofibromatosis-2 ... balance problems, poor balance
  • Neuronal Migration Disorders ... motor dysfunction
  • Neuropathy ataxia and retinis pigmentosa ... balance problems, coordination problems
  • Neurosyphilis - general paresis ... vertigo
  • Neurosyphilis - meningovascular ... vertigo
  • Neurosyphilis - tabes dorsalis ... vertigo
  • Neurotoxic shellfish poisoning ... poor coordination
  • Nevo syndrome ... clumsiness
  • Niemann-Pick disease, type C1 ... lack of coordination
  • Niemann-Pick disease, type C2 ... lack of coordination
  • Non-lissencephalic cortical dysplasia ... motor dysfunction

    O

  • Olivopontocerebellar Atrophy ... clumsiness, balance problems, balance difficulty
  • Olivopontocerebellar atrophy I ... difficulty with balance
  • Olivopontocerebellar atrophy type IV ... balance problems
  • Orofaciodigital syndrome type1 ... clumsy gait
  • Ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament of the spine ... clumsiness
  • Osteogenesis imperfecta, type 2 ... clumsy extremities
  • Osteogenesis imperfecta, type 2A ... clumsy extremities
  • Osteogenesis imperfecta, type IIB ... clumsy extremities
  • Otosclerosis, familial ... balance problems

    P

  • Paralytic shellfish poisoning ... muscular incoordination
  • Paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration ... impaired coordination, unsteadiness
  • Parkinson disease 10 ... poor balance
  • Parkinson disease 11 ... poor balance
  • Parkinson disease 12 ... poor balance
  • Parkinson disease 13 ... poor balance
  • Parkinson disease 3 ... impaired balance
  • Parkinson disease 4, autosomal dominant, Lewy body ... poor balance
  • Parkinson disease 7, autosomal recessive, early-onset ... poor balance
  • Parkinson disease 8 ... poor balance
  • Parkinson disease 9 ... impaired balance
  • Parkinson's Disease ... falling forwards, impaired coordination, falling backwards, impaired balance, falls
  • Partial agenesis of corpus callosum ... impaired hand-eye coordination
  • Pashayan syndrome ... poor coordination
  • Pelizaeus-Merzbacher brain sclerosis ... unsteadiness
  • Pendred syndrome ... balance problems
  • Perilymph fistula ... vertigo, balance problems
  • Perilymphatic fistula ... vertigo, imbalance
  • Pernicious anemia ... unsteadiness
  • Phenylketonuria ... poor coordination, clumsy gait
  • Pick's disease of the brain ... coordination difficulties
  • Premenstrual syndrome ... poor coordination, clumsiness lethargy
  • Primary Lateral Sclerosis ... clumsiness, balance difficulty
  • Primary orthostatic tremor ... unsteadiness
  • Prion diseases ... lack of coordination
  • Progressive Supranuclear Palsy ... falling backwards, falling, eye coordination problems, balance problems, unsteadiness, unsteadiness
  • Progressive supranuclear palsy, atypical ... falls
  • Proximal myotonic dystrophy ... falls
  • Puberty ... clumsiness

    R

  • Ramsay Hunt I syndrome ... vertigo
  • Rett's syndrome ... later coordination difficulties, early coordination problems, coordination problems
  • Rimbaud-Passouant-Vallat syndrome ... vertigo
  • Roussy Levy hereditary areflexic dystasia ... clumsiness
  • Roussy-Lévy hereditary areflexic dystasia ... clumsiness

    S

  • Schilder's Disease ... balance instability
  • Scleroatonic muscular dystrophy ... clumsy walk
  • Sensory ataxic neuropathy, dysarthria, and ophthalmoparesis ... balance problems
  • Shy-Drager Syndrome ... balance difficulties, coordination difficulties
  • Sialuria, Finnish type ... clumsiness
  • Simpson-Golabi-Behmel syndrome, type 1 (SGBS1) ... clumsiness
  • Sleep deprivation ... clumsiness
  • Soto's Syndrome ... Clumsiness
  • Spastic paraparesis ... clumsiness of hands
  • Spastic tetraplegic - cerebral palsy ... balance problems
  • Spinal Arthritis ... clumsiness
  • Spinocerebellar ataxia 14 ... falling
  • Spinocerebellar ataxia 19 ... falls
  • Spinocerebellar ataxia 28 ... poor balance
  • Spinocerebellar ataxia, autosomal recessive 6 ... clumsiness
  • Stroke ... loss of balance, loss of coordination, falls
  • Superior vena cava syndrome ... vertigo
  • Sydenham chorea ... poor coordination, clumsiness, clumsiness
  • Syringobulbia ... vertigo

    T

  • T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia ... poor balance
  • Takayasu arteritis ... vertigo
  • Tick paralysis ... clumsiness
  • Transient Ischemic Attack ... loss of balance, loss of coordination
  • Triosephosphate isomerase 1 ... motor impairment
  • Trisomy 8 mosaicism ... poor coordination
  • Turner Syndrome ... poor coordination, clumsiness

    U

  • Ulnar Neuropathy ... clumsiness of hand
  • Usher Syndrome ... Balance problems
  • Usher Syndrome Type 3 ... Balance problems
  • Usher syndrome, type 1C ... balance problems
  • Usher syndrome, type 1D ... balance problems
  • Usher syndrome, type 1E ... balance problems
  • Usher syndrome, type 1F ... balance problems
  • Usher syndrome, type 1G ... balance problems
  • Usher syndrome, type IIIA ... balance problems
  • Usher syndrome, type IIIB ... balance problems

    V

  • Vertebral Artery Dissection ... vertigo
  • Vertigo ... vertigo, balance problems
  • Vertigo, benign paroxysmal, in childhood ... vertigo
  • Vestibular neuritis ... balance problems
  • Vestibular neuronitis ... vertigo, balance problems
  • Vestibulocochlear dysfunction progressive familial ... Vertigo
  • Vestibulocochlear Nerve Diseases ... vertigo, balance problems
  • Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada Syndrome ... vertigo
  • Von Hippel-Lindau Disease ... balance problems

    W

  • Wallenberg's Syndrome ... lack of coordination, vertigo, balance problems, Balance difficulties, feeling of tilt, Coordination difficulties
  • Westphal-Leyden ataxia ... vertigo
  • Whiplash Injuries ... vertigo
  • Williams Syndrome ... poor coordination, limited spatial skills
  • Wilson's Disease ... clumsiness, loss of coordination
  • Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome ... Balance difficulties
  • Wyatt disease ... motor dysfunction

    Z

  • Zonular cataract and nystagmus ... Falls

    Conditions listing medical complications: Balance symptoms:

    The following list of medical conditions have 'Balance symptoms' or similar listed as a medical complication in our database. This computer-generated list of complications may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

    A

  • Alcohol abuse ... falls
  • Angelman syndrome ... balance problems

    B

  • Behcet's Disease ... impaired balance
  • Bronchopulmonary dysplasia ... coordination problems

    D

  • Diabetes ... Balance problems

    M

  • Marijuana abuse ... Coordination difficulty
  • Mild Traumatic Brain Injury ... Balance Disorder

    N

  • Neurofibromatosis-2 ... Balance problems

    P

  • Parkinson's Disease ... falls
  • Progressive Supranuclear Palsy ... falls

    S

  • Sleepwalking ... falls
  • Stroke ... balance problems, Coordination problems

    T

  • Transverse myelitis ... motor impairment
  • Type 1 diabetes ... Balance problems
  • Type 2 diabetes ... Balance problems

    More Information About Balance symptoms

    List of 345 causes of Balance symptoms

    This section shows a full list of all the diseases and conditions listed as a possible cause of Balance symptoms in our database from various sources.

    Drug side effect causes of Balance symptoms

    The following drugs, medications, substances or toxins may possibly cause Balance symptoms as a side effect.

    [See detailed list of 52 drug side effect causes of Balance symptoms]

    Drug interaction causes of Balance symptoms:

    Drug interactions may be a possible cause of Balance symptoms.

    • Tagamet (Cimetidine) and alcohol interaction
    • Alcohol and Calan (Verapamil) interaction
    • Alcohol and Isoptin (Verapamil) interaction
    • Alcohol and Verelan (Verapamil) interaction
    • Mysoline (Primidone) and Dilantin (Phenytoin) interaction
    [See detailed list of 312 drug interaction causes of Balance symptoms]

    Medical Textbooks about Balance symptoms (Full Online Access)

    Free online access without registration is available to view excerpts from medical textbooks about the causes and diagnosis of Balance symptoms. Refer to our list of medical textbooks discussions about Balance symptoms (Free online access to book excerpts, no registration).

    • "In a Page: Signs and Symptoms"
    • "In A Page: Pediatric Signs and Symptoms"
    • "Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition)"
    • "A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis"
    • "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)"
    • "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter"
    • "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter"
    • "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses"
    • "The Diagnostic Approach to Symptoms and Signs in Pediatrics"
    • "Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms"

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