(Pancreas) Causes the release of free fatty acids into the blood stream. Fast-acting hormone that stimulates an almost instantaneous release of glucose from the liver and is part of a negative feedback loop in which low blood glucose levels stimulate its release.
Sixty-two percent of the patients. were assigned more than 1 contributory cause of dizziness. CONCLUSIONS Contrary to most previous studies, cardiovascular disease was. found to be the most common major cause of dizziness in elderly patients in pri-. mary care. In one-quarter of all patients an adverse drug effect was considered. to be a contributory cause of dizziness, which is much higher than reported in. previous studies.
How Migraine Causes Dizziness. Migraine causes far more vertigo than any other condition. Nearly 13% of the adult population of the United States has migraine (Lipton et al, 2002). About 1/3 of persons with migraine headaches report dizziness (Kayan and Hood, 1984; Selby and Lance, 1980). Headache and dizziness often appear independently (Cutrer and Baloh, 1992).