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Pain or discomfort in the jaw, neck, arms, back, or shoulders is also more common with a heart attack. The pain is usually concentrated in the chest with a panic attack. When You Experience Symptoms
The Office on Women’s Health notes that women are more likely than men to have the following heart attack symptoms: Pain or discomfort in the back, neck, or jaw. Indigestion. Heartburn ...
A heart attack can cause symptoms such as: Chest pain that often radiates to your left shoulder, neck, or arm. Abdominal pain. Shortness of breath. Fatigue. Pressure or heaviness in your chest ...
Women may present with back pain, shortness of breath, heartburn, nausea, and vomiting. [19] Heart disease in women goes undetected prior to a major cardiac event in up to 60% of cases. [19] Among women who experience a heart attack, many do not have any prior chest pain. [19] Due to alterations in sensory pathways, diabetic and elderly ...
Females are more likely to have unusual or unexplained tiredness and nausea or vomiting as symptoms. [35] Females having heart attacks are more likely to have palpitations, back pain, labored breath, vomiting, and left arm pain than males, although the studies showing these differences had high variability. [36]
Worsening angina attacks, sudden-onset angina at rest, and angina lasting more than 15 minutes are symptoms of unstable angina (usually grouped with similar conditions as the acute coronary syndrome). As these may precede a heart attack, they require urgent medical attention and are, in general, treated similarly to heart attacks. [8]
Dr. Segal explains that pain or discomfort in areas such as the jaw, neck, back or arms is a sign of a “mini heart attack” that many people miss. “The pain might not always feel like chest ...
Symptoms of the acute coronary syndromes are similar. [8] The cardinal symptom of critically decreased blood flow to the heart is chest pain, experienced as tightness, pressure, or burning. [9] Localization is most commonly around or over the chest and may radiate or be located to the arm, shoulder, neck, back, upper abdomen, or jaw. [9]