When someone thinks or is having a heart attack, which arm has the pain in it?

Question

Iv always heard about when people are about to have a heart attack, 1 sign is an arm has alot of pain. Which arm?

Answer 1

1. Do you (or someone you know) have ANY of the following symptoms that require emergency treatment? Call 911 or other emergency services immediately.

* Chest discomfort or pain is crushing or squeezing, feels like a heavy weight on the chest, or is occurring with ANY of the following symptoms:
o Sweating
o Shortness of breath
o Nausea or vomiting
o Pain that spreads from the chest to the back, neck, jaw, upper abdomen, or one or both shoulders or arms
o Dizziness or feeling like you are going to faint (light-headedness)
o A fast, slow, or irregular heartbeat
* Shock (cold clammy skin, faintness/dizziness, fast weak heartbeat or pulse, fast, shallow breaths
* Moderate to severe difficulty breathing or severe shortness of breath
* Severe fatigue with any other symptoms of a heart attack
* Angina that has been diagnosed by your doctor but has not gone away after using your home treatment plan

After calling 911 or other emergency services:

* If the person becomes unconscious, see Rescue Breathing and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) in the topic Dealing with Emergencies.
* If emergency medical personnel, such as paramedics, are not going to arrive soon and the person is awake, alert, not vomiting, and not allergic to ASA, have the person chew and swallow one adult ASA (325 mg) or 4 "baby" ASA (80 mg each). Be sure to tell emergency personnel that ASA has been taken.

2. Pain in either arm is not uncommon in chest pain, BUT it is NOT ALWAYS PRESENT in a heart attack. It also does not have to be pain but can be numbness, tingling, ache, 'feeling funny' or many other alterations from normal sensation/feeling. Absence of arm pain does not mean no heart attack, particularly in diabetic patients, who may not even get chest discomfort.

3. chest pain does not always mean heart attack but can mean many other potentially serious medical problems like a blood clot, a defect in a major blood vessel (an aneurysm) and many other conditions.

4. Arm weakness, tingling, numbness or altered sensation may also be a sign of a stroke.

5. If the first paragraph applies, call 911 immediately. if it does not, go to http://www.bchealthguide.org use the search word "chest" and go through the 'check your symptoms' page to help you decide if you need to see your doctor and if so, how quickly. Paragraph 1 is from the 911 questions at the start of that page.

Good luck!

Answer 2

1

Answer 3

2

Answer 4

I think it is the left as well, I know when you have a stroke that your left side goes numb, and limp, but I am thinking that the heart attack pain is also in the left arm.

Answer 5

In men, their left arm will become very tight and then go numb. However, when women have a heart attack, we feel pain under our left shoulder blade in our backs.

Answer 6

Left!

Answer 7

Left arm but the pain doesn't always start in the arm. It can start anywhere. For example your back.

Answer 8

With men it is ususally in the left arm and pain can also radiate up into the jaw and severe chest pain.

Women can have flu type symptoms, shortness of breath, etc.

Remember...when in doubt, call 911 and go to the hospital.

Answer 9

The left arm is what I heard.

Answer 10

the left arm