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Mind: Lightheadedness
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Mind: Lightheadedness
The terms dizziness or lightheadedness are used to describe a feeling that you are about to faint or "pass out". Lightheadedness is often caused by a momentary drop in blood pressure when a person gets up too quickly from sitting or lying down.
Symptom classification
Body areaMental
Conditions linked to this sign/symptom
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- Atrial Flutter
- Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo
- Folate Deficiency
- Hepatic Ischemia
- Hyper Magnesemia
- Hyperemesis Gravidarum
- Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
- Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis
- Menieres Disease
- Metabolic Alkalosis
- Mitral Valve Prolapse
- Multiple System Atrophy
- Myocardial Infarction
- Pulmonic Regurgitation
- Secondary Erythrocytosis
- Thrombocytosis
- Ventricular Tachycardia
- Vitamin B12 Deficiency
- Water Intoxication