Dizziness

Dizziness records a reported symptom. Feeling lightheaded, off balance or as though the surroundings are spinning can all be described as dizziness, but the HealthKit severity label does not distinguish those experiences.

Apple uses HKCategoryValueSeverity for this type. These are subjective labels, not a calibrated clinical scale. Unspecified is not the same as notPresent, and an unrecorded day is unknown. Do not average the integer codes or interpret their spacing as equal changes in symptom intensity.

A history is more useful when it distinguishes spinning from feeling faint or unsteady, and notes whether symptoms occurred after a change in position. The category itself does not contain posture, blood pressure, the suspected trigger or a diagnosis. A timestamp near a blood-pressure reading is only a time match; it does not establish that both were recorded in the same posture or during the same episode.

Fainting is a separate HealthKit symptom category. Dizziness should not be silently converted into a fainting report or treated as a fall detected by a device.

Seek medical advice when dizziness persists, recurs or comes with other symptoms such as changes in hearing or vision, weakness, fainting or changes in pulse. Avoid driving or other hazardous activities while dizzy. These NHS recommendations concern the symptoms themselves; a mild label in Apple Health is not a clinical assessment.

These are logged observations, not sensor samples on a fixed schedule. Compare explicit reported labels within a consistent logging routine and keep missing days separate from notPresent reports. Saved intervals and overlapping entries describe the source’s records; they do not establish continuous symptom duration or an exact number of episodes.

This HealthKit type is not listed in the current PulsHealth sync catalog. No corresponding records were found in the selected database research window, so severity frequencies, logging intervals and relationships with other measurements could not be calculated. That database coverage does not establish whether the symptom was experienced or whether reports exist in Apple Health.