Lightheadedness

Lightheadedness can occur suddenly during an Afib episode and can feel like you might faint or lose your balance. It may happen when blood flow to the brain temporarily decreases. Logging when it occurs may help you spot patterns over time.

Your data

This graph shows how your Quality of Life (QoL) has been affected by this symptom in the past 30 days.

Community insights

Average duration of this symptom
Hours
Gender of members that
reported this symptom
100.0%
0.0%
0.0%
Age of members that 
reported this symptom
Top five risk factors
Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) 100%
Pericarditis 100%
Hypothyroidism (Underactive Thyroid) 100%
Stroke or Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA) 100%
Dementia (Including Alzheimer’s and Vascular Dementia) 100%
Effect of this symptom 
on quality of life
Quality of Life Gauge
QoL: 3.0
Number of members who reported this symptom
2
Type of Afib members with this symptom have
  • Paroxysmal
  • Persistent
  • Long-standing persistent
  • Permanent

Other symptoms

The percentage of reporters who reported this specific symptom
Heart Palpitations 69.2%
Irregular Heartbeat 53.8%
Fatigue 38.5%
Rapid Heartbeat 38.5%
Dizziness 30.8%
Anxiety 23.1%
Sweating 23.1%
Exercise Intolerance 15.4%
Shortness of breath 15.4%
Weakness 15.4%
Blurred Vision 7.7%
Chest Pain or Pressure 7.7%
Near-fainting 7.7%
Pounding feeling in neck 7.7%