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The following is extracted from WebMD
6 Symptoms of Women’s Heart Attacks
When a heart attack strikes, it doesn’t always feel the same in women as it does in men.
Women don’t always get the same classic heart attack symptoms as men, such as crushing chest pain that radiates down one arm. Thoseheart attack symptoms can certainly happen to women, but many experience vague or even “silent” symptoms that they may miss.
These six heart attack symptoms are common in women:
- Chest pain or discomfort. Chest pain is the most common heart attack symptom, but some women may experience it differently than men. It may feel like a squeezing or fullness, and the pain can be anywhere in the chest, not just on the left side. It’s usually “truly uncomfortable” during a heart attack, says cardiologist Rita Redberg, MD, director of Women’s Cardiovascular Services at the University of California, San Francisco. “It feels like a vise being tightened.”
- Pain in your arm(s), back, neck, or jaw. This type of pain is more common in women than in men. It may confuse women who expect their pain to be focused on their chest and left arm, not their back or jaw. The pain can be gradual or sudden, and it may wax and wane before becoming intense. If you’re asleep, it may wake you up. You should report any “not typical or unexplained” symptoms in any part of your body above your waist to your doctor or other health careprovider, says cardiologist C. Noel Bairey Merz, MD, director of the Barbra Streisand Women’s Heart Center at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.
- Stomach pain. Sometimes people mistake stomach pain that signals a heart attack with heartburn, the flu, or a stomach ulcer. Other times, women experience severe abdominal pressure that feels like an elephant sitting on your stomach, says cardiologist Nieca Goldberg, MD, medical director of the Joan H. Tisch Center for Women’s Health at NYU Langone Medical Center in New York.
- Shortness of breath, nausea, or lightheadedness. If you’re havingtrouble breathing for no apparent reason, you could be having a heart attack, especially if you’re also having one or more other symptoms. “It can feel like you have run a marathon, but you didn’t make a move,” Goldberg says.
- Sweating. Breaking out in a nervous, cold sweat is common among women who are having a heart attack. It will feel more like stress-related sweating than perspiration from exercising or spending time outside in the heat. “Get it checked out” if you don’t typically sweat like that and there is no other reason for it, such as heat or hot flashes, Bairey Merz says.
- Fatigue. Some women who have heart attacks feel extremely tired, even if they’ve been sitting still for a while or haven’t moved much. “Patients often complain of a tiredness in the chest,” Goldberg says. “They say that they can’t do simple activities, like walk to the bathroom.”
Not everyone gets all of those symptoms. If you have chest discomfort, especially if you also have one or more of the other signs, call 911 immediately.
Please note:
I am NOT medically qualified so please seek advice from your own General Practitioner / Doctor

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Thanks for the post. Being aware of symptoms of medical conditions that affect men and women differently is good.
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Thank you for sharing – I know too many women who have had heart attacks and I don’t want to lose one single person
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Same here Pamela 😀
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Thanks for sharing this, Chris.
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Welcome Michelle 😀
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More important, life-saving information. As Abigail Adams once said, “Remember the ladies…”.
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ABSOLUTELY – Thanks Jennifer 😀
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Great information, Chris. Thanks for sharing! Have a great weekend!
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Welcome Pat and Sandy 😀
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Please reblog so everyone can see it. It could save a life.
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Thanks Gale 😀
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Posted by The Story Reading Ape.. symptoms that every woman should know.. Heart attacks can be deceptive. Excellent information.
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Many Thanks Sally – Hugs 😀
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As a retired Registered Nurse, I am sad to report that this is an issue that is still getting only lip-service by those in medical practice. When I sought medical assessment for this cluster of symptoms, I was received with ridicule by fellow “professionals.” This warning is not meant to discourage people from seeking medical attention, but to let people know that as far as your health is concerned, you are your best, and sometimes sole, advocate. Don’t take ‘no’ for an answer.
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Thanks for that information Christine 🙂
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Good info to know.
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Thanks Contessa 😀
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