Heart Attack Symptoms in Women

Heart Attack Symptoms in Women can be different.

Heart Attack Symptoms for Women may include:

Feeling breathless, often without chest pain
Flu-like symptoms - specifically nausea, clamminess or cold sweats
Unexplained fatigue, weakness or dizziness
Pain in the chest, upper back, shoulders, neck, arm and jaw
Feelings of anxiety

Female Heart Attack Symptoms are often subtle

Heart attack symptoms for women are often different from those in men and can even happen months before the classic indicators.

The risk increases when your body produces less female hormones after menopause. Also, people with family members who have coronary artery disease are at greater risk.

Many women never experience chest pain.

Less than a third of women with symptoms or actually having a heart attack feel chest pain or discomfort and, nearly half have no pain at all.

Most consider chest pain as the most important warning sign in women and men.

The subtle symptoms:

Unusual fatigue
Sleep disturbances
Short of breath
Indigestion
Anxiety
Weakness in the arms

Early Signs or Warnings

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