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: 3.3
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
Irregular Heartbeat 69.2%
Heart Palpitations 59.0%
Rapid Heartbeat 48.7%
Fatigue 33.3%
Sweating 25.6%
Dizziness 20.5%
Anxiety 12.8%
Shortness of breath 12.8%
Weakness 12.8%
Chest Pain or Pressure 5.1%
Exercise Intolerance 5.1%
Pounding feeling in neck 5.1%
Blurred Vision 2.6%
Near-fainting 2.6%