Word cloud - dizziness

Once this course has started a word cloud will appear below.

This word cloud represents the common terms used in your discussions describing feelings associated with dizziness in the previous step (Step 1.10).

There are many different words which all have a similar meaning. But each one of us might interpret the words differently. For this reason, if you ever need to talk to your doctor about dizziness, it is best to describe the feeling rather than using these words.

dizziness wordcloud Larger version of this file and frequency table

Are there words you would use? How would you describe the feelings associated with these words if seeing your doctor?

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Ageing Well: Falls

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