Heart Attack Symptoms
Heart attack symptoms in women, in older adults and in people with diabetes tend to be less pronounced. Some people have no symptoms at all. Still, the more symptoms you have, the higher the likelihood that you may be having a heart attack.
A heart attack can occur anytime, while you're resting, at work or while you're in motion and usually strikes suddenly. Many that experience a heart attack have symptoms hours, days or weeks in advance. The earliest predictor of an attack may be recurrent chest pain (angina) that's triggered by exertion and relieved by rest. Angina is caused by temporary, insufficient blood flow to the heart. The medical term for insufficient blood flow to the heart is cardiac ischemia.
Heart attacks have many variable symptoms. Not all people who have heart attacks experience the same ones or experience them to the same degree. Many heart attacks aren't as dramatic as the ones you've seen whle watching a movie.
Symptoms of a heart attack include:
- Impending sense of doom
- Lightheadedness
- Fainting
- Pressure, fullness or a squeezing pain in the center of your chest that lasts for more than a few minutes
- Nausea and vomiting
- Pain extending beyond your chest to your shoulder, arm, back, or even to your teeth and jaw
- Increasing episodes of chest pain
- Prolonged pain in the upper abdomen
- Shortness of breath
- Sweating
Surviving a heart attack doesn't mean that life as you know it is over. On the contrary, most people lead full, active lives after a heart attack. But it may mean making some positive changes in your daily habits, being patient as you recover and adopting a can-do attitude.
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