Heart Attack Symptoms in Women

It has been observed that women usually experience different kind of physical symptoms of heart attack, as compared to men. These symptoms of heart attack usually last for one month or more before they experience heart attack. Common symptoms that are usually experienced by both men and women are hypertension, diabetes, smoking, excessive intake of alcohol. In addition to these women also experiences a burning sensation in the chest or upper abdomen, abdominal discomfort or indigestion.

It has been noticed that women experience less chest pain than do men. For this doctors as well as woman herself should be extra conscious and should be extra careful that they do not miss any of the symptoms. Because heart attack symptoms in women are often misinterpreted, they are less likely to be treated with beta-blockers, aspirin, and other heart-attack prevention medications. And which leads them at greater risk due to loss of time to seek emergency medical attention. So, get to know the early stage symptoms of heart attack in women:

• Slight feeling of discomfort in the chest.
• Uncomfortable pressure
• Cold sweat
• Shortness of breath
• Fainting
• Unusual fatigue
• Dizziness
• Nausea
• Back pain
• Pain spreading slowly towards the shoulders, neck, jaw or arms
• Pain below the left shoulder blade
• Tingling in the jaw, elbow, arm or throat

Common Symptoms of heart attack in men and women:

• Pain in stomach or in abdomen
  
• Typical kind of chest pain
• Excessive feeling of weakness
• Cold sweat or paleness
• Fatigue
• Anxiety Palpitations

So, take immediate preventive measures as soon as you realize these symptoms of heart attack.