What are the Symptoms of Heart Attacks in Women?

 


How does Heart Disease affect Women?

Dr Sunny Handa Mississauga said heart disease is the number one cause of death in Canada for women over the age of 55. Women are more likely to die from heart disease than from any other disease.

The clogging of blood vessels happens slowly. The damage that it causes to the heart over time may make it harder to do everyday activities.

Until recently, research on heart attacks problems focused mainly or mostly on the men. Dr Sunny Handa Mississauga said studies now show that some of the symptoms of heart attacks in women are different from those in men.

Too often, the signs of heart attacks go unnoticed in women (by themselves, their family and their doctor). They may think that other health problems or drug side effects are causing their symptoms or that the symptoms will go away on their own. As a result, women don't always get the health care they need to prevent complications or death from a heart attack.

Chest pain is one of the most common symptoms in both sexes as described by renowned Dr Sunny Handa Mississauga, but women may also experience these other symptoms:

  • unusual fatigue that gets worse with activity
  • difficulty breathing
  • heartburn that is unrelieved by antacids
  • nausea and/or vomiting that is unrelieved by antacids
  • anxiety
  • tightening and pain in the chest that may extend into the neck, jaws and shoulders
  • general feeling of weakness
  • paleness
  • sweating.

Some women may have few of these symptoms, while others may have all of them at the same time, Dr Sunny Handa Mississauga said. Symptoms may suddenly appear and then disappear. Also, women often report symptoms up to one month before the heart attack. If a woman has any of these symptoms and thinks she may be having a heart attack, she should immediately call the emergency or go to the nearest emergency medical center.


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