What does dizziness mean?

Dizziness means feeling lightheaded and having a feeling that everything is spinning. Sometimes it also describes being overwhelmed by tedious tasks. Dizziness is a four-character idiom that refers to a person's physiological state. It comes from a sentence in the sixth chapter of the classic Chinese novel "Dream of Red Mansions", "The room is full of dazzling things, making people dizzy." People may feel dizzy when they feel unwell. This is a sign of illness. This period may be accompanied by tinnitus, shortness of breath, and headache. So what else should we know about dizziness?

1. Literature

Source

(1) Chapter 6 of A Dream of Red Mansions by Cao Xueqin, Qing Dynasty: “The room is full of things that dazzle and gleam, making one dizzy.”

(2) (People's Education Press Chinese textbook for seventh graders, Vol. 1, Lesson 17, "Take a Step, Then Another Step") I looked down from the edge of the cliff and felt dizzy. There was no way I could climb down. I would slip and die. [1]

[Example sentence]: Seeing this bizarre political situation, Shanghai people can't help but feel dizzy and terrified. ★Ouyang Shan's "Bitter Struggle"

Example:

Seeing this bizarre political situation, Shanghai people could not help but feel dizzy and frightened. ——Ouyang Shan, "Bitter Struggle"

Example:

1. He was so angry that he felt dizzy and then lost consciousness.

2. Seeing your question makes me dizzy and I don’t know how to answer you.

3. The prosperity of the urban world makes me feel dizzy and I feel that I have lost the tranquility of the countryside.

2. Disease

Dizziness is a common functional brain disorder and one of the common clinical symptoms. It causes feelings of dizziness, head swelling, heaviness, shaking in the brain, blurred vision, etc. Dizziness can be caused by many reasons, the most common of which are febrile diseases, hypertension, cerebral arteriosclerosis, craniocerebral trauma syndrome, neurosis, etc. In addition, it is also seen in anemia, arrhythmia, heart failure, hypotension, drug poisoning, uremia, asthma, etc. Dizziness is also common in the early stages of depression. Dizziness can occur alone, but is often accompanied by headaches. When dizziness is accompanied by impaired balance or spatial orientation, the patient feels that the surrounding environment or himself is rotating, moving or shaking. Occasional dizziness or dizziness due to changes in body position will not be a big problem. However, if you feel dizzy for a long time, it may be a precursor to a serious illness and should be taken seriously.