What's causing you to feel unsteady or off-balance?

Balance problems can make you feel dizzy, as if the room is spinning, unsteady, or lightheaded. These feelings can happen whether you're lying down, sitting, or standing. Take control of your balance by picking up your copy of Mayo Clinic on Hearing and Balance: https://mcpress.mayoclinic.org/shop/h...

Many body systems — including your muscles, bones, joints, eyes, the balance organ in the inner ear, nerves, heart and blood vessels — must work normally for you to have normal balance. When these systems aren't functioning well, you can experience balance problems.

Many medical conditions can cause balance problems. However, most balance problems result from issues in your balance organ in the inner ear (vestibular system).

Signs and symptoms of balance problems include:

Sense of motion or spinning (vertigo)
Feeling of faintness or lightheadedness (presyncope)
Loss of balance or unsteadiness
Falling or feeling like you might fall
Feeling a floating sensation or dizziness
Vision changes, such as blurriness
Confusion