What are the signs of a heartattack?

Answer 1

SIGNS OF HEART ATTACK:
In the event of a heart attack, every second counts.

What are the warning signs and symptoms of a heart attack?

The warning signs and symptoms of a heart attack are gender-specific, meaning men and women have very different feelings and experiences when a heart attack is occurring. These warning signs are described below:

Men typically experience the following common warning signs of a heart attack:

* Moderate to severe chest pain
* Dizziness
* Shortness of breath
* Nausea
* Radiating pain in the arms and chest

Women may have symptoms that differ from men. While chest pain is often a key warning sign of a heart attack, some women who have a heart attack do not experience chest pain. A woman's pain, may be in the back, arm, neck, shoulder, and/or throat. Also, women will typically have more "non-pain" symptoms than men. These include vomiting, nausea, fatigue and shortness of breath.

It is also surprisingly common for people to experience no symptoms at all. This is especially true of diabetics and those over the age of 75. We recommend that these individuals visit their family physician and/or cardiologist on a regular basis to continually monitor their health.

Do not ignore the warning signs of a heart attack. If you or someone you know is experiencing any of the above symptoms, immediately call 9-1-1 because it is quite possibly signaling a heart attack OR your local number.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

The symptoms are different for a man and a woman. This is why there is a higher incidence of death in women from heart attacks. Womens blood vessels are just normally smaller than mens so it takes less to hav a heart attack, plus it is harder to put in things like stents to keep the blood vessels open. Heart surgery to repair damagd vessels that cause a heart attack is also harder for women. But the main reason women die more often thatn men is that they might not have the classical symptoms a man has and so the Dr. doesn't pay as much attention to them

Signs and symptoms,
Chest pain and the discrition of tightness or a pressure on your chest like an elephant is sitting on you.
Pain radiating to the neck, or arm (left side)
Nausea, vomiting,
Breaking out into a sweat
profound weakness
shortness of breath.

In women the symptoms might be a feeling of heart burn, generalized weakness, feeling like you can't catch your breath, jsut not feeling well. Women have heard the classic smtoms for so long that they brush off these symptoms as "nothing" ad then they seek emergency care when it might be to late.

Answer 4

It is possible to have a "silent heart attack" without any symptoms, but this is rare. Most people have chest pain and at least one other symptom, such as:

A feeling of choking or a "tight throat," a lump in the throat, or a need to keep swallowing.

A cold sweat.

Nausea.

A sense of impending doom.

Difficulty breathing or breathlessness.

Palpitations , or feeling your heart beat rapidly or irregularly. (Palpitations are very common and are usually harmless in a healthy heart, but they may signal coronary artery disease if brought on by exertion.)

Numbness or discomfort in either arm or hand.

Weakness.

People who are having a heart attack often describe their
chest pain in various ways. The pain:

May feel like pressure, heaviness, weight, tightness, squeezing, discomfort, burning, a sharp ache (less common), or a dull ache. People often put their fist to their chest when describing the pain.

May radiate from the chest down the left shoulder and arm (the most common site) and also to other areas, including the left shoulder, middle of the back, upper portion of the abdomen, right arm, neck, and jaw. May be diffuse; the exact location of the pain is usually difficult to point out.
Is not made worse by taking a deep breath or pressing on the chest.

Usually begins at a low level, then gradually increases over several minutes to a peak. The discomfort may come and go.

Chest pain that reaches its maximum intensity within seconds may represent another serious problem, such as an aortic aneurysm .

Call 911 or your local emergency services if:

Your chest pain gets worse or lasts more than 5 minutes, especially if you are short of breath or feel weak, nauseated, or lightheaded.

Your chest pain doesn't improve or gets worse within 5 minutes after taking 1 nitroglycerin.

It may not always be possible to tell the difference between unstable angina and a heart attack. Often the symptoms are similar. Both conditions require immediate emergency care.

Click on this link for more indepth information:
http://www.revolutionhealth.com/conditions/heart/heart-attack/symptoms/symptoms-attack?section=section_04

Answer 5

I just did my Senior First Aid Course and they say besides nausea, tightness in chest and pain in the arm another way is to check the colour of people's skin, because it minimises the oxygen and blood circulating the body the skin will get a greyish blue tinge to it. If the person is conscious, they may complain of a sensation of someone sitting on their chest
DO NOT FORGET:
open the airway of the person and call Emergency responses asap. Start pressing in the middle of the chest regularly like you see on tv. For every 2 breathes you breath into someone (I choose to hold their nose at the same time to make sure they get the most air) you have to push hard on their chest 30 times. If you notice their chest isn't rising when you breath into them and you are breathing as hard as you can just do the chest compressions. To be honest this is a very rough rough rough way of doing CPR but doing something is better than nothing and I can not strongly enough encourage anyone to do their First Aid Course. It is the best thing you'll ever do, because all you will learn is to try and save someone's life in those precious moments.

Answer 6

Signs of a heart attack include:

Chest discomfort. Most heart attacks involve discomfort in the center of the chest that lasts more than a few minutes, or that goes away and comes back. It can feel like uncomfortable pressure, squeezing, fullness or pain.

Discomfort in other areas of the upper body. Symptoms can include pain or discomfort in one or both arms, the back, neck, jaw or stomach.

Shortness of breath. May occur with or without chest discomfort.

Other signs: These may include breaking out in a cold sweat, nausea or lightheadedness

Answer 7

curiously, for person adult men, between the signs and symptoms is denial. The scientific symptoms could be there yet no longer gravely and the guy will deny that it extremely is a coronary heart attack. perhaps "actual adult men have not got coronary heart assaults" or something. yet, this may well be a real habit. So, if a guy on your ecosystem complains of chest pains, numbness in his left arm, gets the chilly sweats, and says he's coming down with the flu, save a watch on him.

Answer 8

Profuse sweating, radiating chest pain, feeling of pressure on your chest, pain and/or numbness in your left arm, pain radiating up your neck, to name a few. You could have all or only one or two. Go the American Heart Assn web site for the complete list. If you are having any of these symptoms now, call an ambulance. I'm serious.

Answer 9

For a woman ,they say any ache above the waist,that comes from women being told "it is all in your head", for so many years. I personally don't think I would go to the Dr. THAT often.

Answer 10

any pain above the waist could be a heart attack...