Chest Pain: When Is It a Heart Attack?


	Chest Pain: When Is It a Heart Attack?
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2-28-2007 5:11 AM
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2-28-2007 6:23 PM
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"Chew an uncoated aspirin tablet as a protective step against heart damage." Aspirin is as effective as one of the clot buster drugs: http://christophergovanstreet.blogspot.com/2006/11/mark-porter-discusses-heart-attacks.html
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When should you worry?</FONT></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.westernbaptist.com/news/healthsource/2004/spring/chest.cfm"><B>Heart Attacks Vary</B></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.westernbaptist.com/news/healthsource/2004/spring/chest.cfm"><FONT size="-1" face="Verdana,Verdana,Arial">“Some heart attack sufferers report severe chest pain, while others only feel some chest discomfort,” explains Dr. Withrow. “And about one-third of heart attack sufferers do not feel any chest pain at all.”</FONT></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.westernbaptist.com/news/healthsource/2004/spring/chest.cfm"><UL><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><FONT size="-1" face="Verdana,Verdana,Arial">left arm pain</FONT></LI><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><FONT size="-1" face="Verdana,Verdana,Arial">pain that radiates to the neck or jaw</FONT></LI><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><FONT size="-1" face="Verdana,Verdana,Arial">shortness of breath</FONT></LI><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><FONT size="-1" face="Verdana,Verdana,Arial">nausea</FONT></LI><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><FONT size="-1" face="Verdana,Verdana,Arial">dizziness</FONT></LI><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><FONT size="-1" face="Verdana,Verdana,Arial">sweating.</FONT></LI></UL></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.westernbaptist.com/news/healthsource/2004/spring/chest.cfm"><B>Heart Attack Mimics</B></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.westernbaptist.com/news/healthsource/2004/spring/chest.cfm"><B>Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD).</B></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.westernbaptist.com/news/healthsource/2004/spring/chest.cfm"><B>Panic attacks.</B></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.westernbaptist.com/news/healthsource/2004/spring/chest.cfm"><B>Angina.</B></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.westernbaptist.com/news/healthsource/2004/spring/chest.cfm"><B>Don’t Wait to Act</B></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.westernbaptist.com/news/healthsource/2004/spring/chest.cfm"><UL><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><FONT size="-1" face="Verdana,Verdana,Arial">Chew an uncoated aspirin tablet as a protective step against heart damage.</FONT></LI><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><FONT size="-1" face="Verdana,Verdana,Arial">If the symptoms stop after a short time, call your doctor. 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