Symptoms of a heart attack (women)


	Symptoms of a heart attack (women)

k9riley99

3-7-2008 11:38 AM

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k9riley99 says:

Chest pain is the hallmark symptom of a heart attack. But not everyone having a heart attack experiences the same crushing pain. In particular, Women, the Elderly may experience no pain or atypical symptoms.

This clip provides a diagram of the areas within a woman's body of what symptoms to be aware of...........

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      Symptoms of a heart attack include:
      </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.upmc.com/HealthManagement/ManagingYourHealth/HealthReference/Diseases/InDepth/?chunkiid=19571"><LI class="first">
          Chest pain
          <UL class="BulletList"><LI class="first">May start as mild discomfort and progress to more intense pain</LI><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">May come and go</LI><LI class="last">May feel like a weight on the chest or a squeezing sensation</LI></UL></LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.upmc.com/HealthManagement/ManagingYourHealth/HealthReference/Diseases/InDepth/?chunkiid=19571"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">
          Discomfort in other parts of the upper body
          <UL class="BulletList"><LI class="first last">Pain in the arms, back, jaw, neck, or stomach</LI></UL></LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.upmc.com/HealthManagement/ManagingYourHealth/HealthReference/Diseases/InDepth/?chunkiid=19571"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">
          Shortness of breath
          <UL class="BulletList"><LI class="first">A sensation of difficulty breathing</LI><LI class="last">Rapid or shallow breathing</LI></UL></LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.upmc.com/HealthManagement/ManagingYourHealth/HealthReference/Diseases/InDepth/?chunkiid=19571"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Sweating</LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.upmc.com/HealthManagement/ManagingYourHealth/HealthReference/Diseases/InDepth/?chunkiid=19571"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Nausea
and vomiting</LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.upmc.com/HealthManagement/ManagingYourHealth/HealthReference/Diseases/InDepth/?chunkiid=19571"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Lightheadedness</LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.upmc.com/HealthManagement/ManagingYourHealth/HealthReference/Diseases/InDepth/?chunkiid=19571"><LI class="last">Anxiety</LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.upmc.com/HealthManagement/ManagingYourHealth/HealthReference/Diseases/InDepth/?chunkiid=19571"><P class="SourceHeader">References:</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.upmc.com/HealthManagement/ManagingYourHealth/HealthReference/Diseases/InDepth/?chunkiid=19571"><P>
          American Heart Association website. Available at:
          <A href="javascript:void window.open('http://www.americanheart.org/')" class="ExLink">http://www.americanheart.org</A>
          .
        </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.upmc.com/HealthManagement/ManagingYourHealth/HealthReference/Diseases/InDepth/?chunkiid=19571"><P>
          National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute website. Available at:
          <A href="javascript:void window.open('http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/')" class="ExLink">http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/</A>
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          Mayo Clinic
website. Available at:
          <A href="javascript:void window.open('http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/heart-attack-symptoms/HB00054')" class="ExLink">http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/heart-attack-symptoms/HB00054</A>
          .  Accessed January 23, 2007.
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