Are You About to Have A Heart Attack? 7 Heart Attack Signs Women -- And Doctors -- Often Miss

jadesmith

about 1 year ago

Discomfort felt in areas like abdomen, shoulders, upper portion of the back, jaw and neck. Succinctness in breathing or one feels as though one is not able to get ample air. This briefness of breath mostly would be felt prior to or alongside chest pains or discomforting sensation. Feeling nauseous or puking, perspiration. Feeling lightheaded or dizzy. Atypical feeling of weariness, heartburn. Lost craving for food, Cardiac flutter and coughing are the symptoms which are prominently seen. http://www.womenhealthcenter.net/womens-heart-disease.html

syra

over 1 year ago

Thanks for the focus on education about heart disease. Up until August 2009 I knew nothing. The shape of the engineering virus spread through the body and infected cells, but not cause disease. The researchers have refocused the modified virus to bind to proteins on the surface of many cancer cells. They were also charged with a fluorescent protein that allowed them to see where the virus has finished. He went directly to cancer cells, and elsewhere. Over time, this research could lead to gene therapy technique in human patients. http://www.insideheart.com/heart-attacks-in-women.html

Dakota Just an F.Y.I. that may not be anything at all, but my mother had similar experiences and ended up being called a hypocondriac by her physicians. Just to keep her quiet her physician finally ordered a total MRI and found a baseball size brain tumor behind her left ear area. Thank goodness it was benign, but all of her cardiac symptoms went away when the tumor was removed. She did not have ANY brain tumor symptoms like headaches, etc. So don't give up having your symptoms looked at............................................

Dakota

over 2 years ago

I am 51, heart disease runs in my family. My dad died age 44. My brothers and I have all been on Cholestrol meds for a long time. I have had years of constant tightness in my chest. I had every heart test done and they tell me my heart is fine. They gave me Zanax to relieve my stress. I have had episodes of nausea, sweating, my arms tingle and my chest feels like someone is squeezing it but still they say it is all stress. I carry asprin with me and when this happens I chew a tablet. I have the constant fear I am going to have a heart attack and there is nothing I can do. Since losing my husband I am under a lot more stress but these symptoms have been going on for years. I am concered because my husband was not diagnosed early enough and when he was they told him you are going to die soon, he lasted 5 months and his life was over. Who can we trust?

ellkay

over 2 years ago

I have to say this scared the daylights out of me. I am a 31 year old female. I suffer from anxiety so I have every symptom that was mentioned. I am a health conscience person. I eat good, exersize and keep my weight down. If I have everyone of those symptoms, have been checked by a cardiologist and suffer from anxiety should I be rechecked????

Pattycakes

over 2 years ago

women, please listen to your body! I am a registered nurse and had everyone of these symptoms but blew them off as change fo life till one day I hooked myself up to the monitor and saw I was having irregular rythms called PVC's. I went to the cardiologist and had a stress test. The next day he came up on my unit sent me home said I was in heart failure!!!!!!I now have a pacemaker and defibrilator. I no longer allowed to work... so DONT ignor your symptoms or blow them off.

Melanie Haik­en

over 2 years ago

I'm so happy to hear you found this post helpful. Yes, please do go see a doctor, and make sure she runs all possible tests. I was very shocked to see the statistics of how many women have heart attacks and don't get to the doctor until days later.

luckybabygir­l

over 2 years ago

Last Friday, I was at my neighbor's house for dinner, after dinner, I suddenly felt extrememly weak, dizzy, and couldn't walk. I asked my neighbor to walk me home and since I have a history of panic disorder, we thought it was another panic attack. But this felt different, I was not panicky, just kept feeling worse, weaker, pressure in the middle of my chest, shortness of breath, and unable to walk. My friend called 911 and the ambulance took me to the hospital. A couple of days before this, I had extreme intestinal cramping, the kind that makes you want to lay on the floor and scream, the pain was so bad. For several months previous, I have had insomnia. I also had the sensation at the time of the incident of feeling my blood pounding through my head and body; and a curious sensation of tingles along the top of my head. I stayed overnight at the hospital because I am high risk, I am 53, smoke (yes, I know I need to stop), about 65 lbs overweight, have a family history of strokes/heart attacks, and have chronic pain due to an accident. That same week, I was very upset due to the fact that a longtime friend of mine for 30 years (male) did not want to be my friend any longer. This upset me greatly. At the hospital, they ran blood enzyme test to determine if I had had a heart attack, the results were negative. I believe that this incident might have been a precursor to a heart attack/stroke. I am scheduled for a stress test. I have been taking my health for granted, but will change my habits for better health.

marlan98b

over 2 years ago

thanks a lot. Great post. I am experiencing it right now. I have to make a doctors appointment as soon as possible.