Women's Heart Attack Warning Signs
Are You Women's Heart Smart?
Knowing the warning signs of a heart attack for women is critical.
Women's heart attack symptoms may include:
- Chest pain or indigestion like discomfort that.
- Is unrelieved by rest or a change in position.
- Moves to shoulders, arms, neck, jaw or back.
- Produces pressure or a squeezing sensation that is either constant or intermittent.
- Unexplained shortness of breath - with or without chest discomfort.
- Heart palpitations or abnormally weak and/or rapid pulse.
- Lightheadedness, dizziness, fainting or a sick stomach.
- Gray facial color.
Although chest pain is the most common symptom of a women's heart attack, women often experience vague chest discomfort frequently described as pressure, burning, tightness or an ache.
Additional heart attack symptoms common in women:
- Shortness of breath.
- Vomiting.
- Indigestion.
- Weakness.
- Fatigue.
- Dizziness.
- Lightheadedness.
- Shoulder blade pain.
- Change in migraine pattern, migraine with aura.
