How Heart Attack Symptoms Show Up Differently In Women
How Symptoms Are Different For Women
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Because women often wait longer to acknowledge they could be having a heart attack, their symptoms have transformed at that point. Early symptoms often include pain down the left arm, pain on the left side of the chest, sweating and nausea. However, the longer women wait, the more pain transfers to both arms and the center of the chest. Additionally, women experience some symptoms differently. Women are more likely to describe the pain men feel in their chest as pressure or tightness.
The National Institute of Health reports that some symptoms are more common in women than men. These include middle or upper back pain, neck and jaw pain, indigestion, nausea, dizziness and cough.
Learning to recognize the symptoms of a heart attack and being transparent about pain levels could be the link between life and death.
