Heart attacks seem to be sudden, but that’s not the truth. Signs and symptoms of a heart attack need to be recognized. These help in quick medical attention, as well as saving lives.
A common sign of an impending heart attack is discomfort or slight pain. The discomfort occurs mostly in the chest area. It is mild to start with and recurs at long intervals. The feeling of discomfort can be a sense of pressure, dizziness, squeezing of the chest and so on. Often this discomfort radiates to other parts of the upper body, like the arms, neck, and back. This discomfort is typically combined with breathlessness or difficulty breathing. Other symptoms of a heart attack are headache, dizziness, nausea and excessive sweating.
On the other hand, there are forms of heart attacks that are silent. These project no symptoms whatsoever. These happen to be even more dangerous and life-threatening than painful heart attacks. It is common among diabetics to suffer from silent heart attacks.
Sometimes, these symptoms are mistaken and ignored as indigestion, heartburn, stress and so on. In the best interests of health, it is better to pay attention to any such feeling and consult doctors.
Symptoms are different in each instance of a heart attack. However, the common symptoms, if paid attention to, will save many a life through early diagnosis and treatment.
Annually, approximately 1 million people in the United States suffer a heart attack. It is noteworthy that more than half of these people die within an hour of the onset of symptoms. Hence, the timely recognition of signs and emergency hospitalization is necessary.
Related Articles of Interest :
-
Heart Disease Symptoms
10 August 2010 8:30 PM |
No Comments
How important is it for us to be aware of the symptoms of heart disease? Is it necessary to know about it at all? Statistics reveal that millions of people in America are affected by heart disease. Millions die each year due to this. To...
-
Heart Disease
10 August 2010 8:30 PM |
No Comments
Heart disease, as the name implies, is an affliction of heart and its associated systems. Around 13 million people suffer from coronary heart disease, with 479,000 people dying from it each year. Congenital heart disease affects 8-10 out of 1,000 children every year in America....
-
Heartburn Symptoms
10 August 2010 8:30 PM |
No Comments
Heartburn is the most prevalent complaint heard about the digestive system. When the hydrochloric acid from the stomach enters the esophagus – the food tube that connects the mouth with the stomach – it inflames and irritates the unprotected lining of the tube and causes...
-
Asthma Symptoms
10 August 2010 8:30 PM |
No Comments
Are you suffering from shortness of breath? Do you pant after a minimal amount of exercise? Do you experience a tight feeling in the chest every so often? Do you cough or wheeze after crying or laughing? If so, you are probably an asthmatic person....
-
Heart Attacks
10 August 2010 8:30 PM |
No Comments
A heart attack is the result of blockages in the coronary arteries that supply blood and oxygen to the heart. These blockages pause or cease blood flow into the heart, leading to pain in and the eventual death of the heart muscle. Since the heart...
-
Preventing Heart Attacks
10 August 2010 8:30 PM |
No Comments
Prevention is better than cure. This adage holds true especially for heart disease. It is better to give attention to your cardiac health after your teenage years. Identifying risk factors and striving to keep them low is an important first step in preventing heart attacks....
-
Gout Symptoms
10 August 2010 8:30 PM |
No Comments
Gout is a common disease and often presents suddenly with a painful joint. The most common and well-recognized symptom is swelling of the joint in the big toe where it joins the foot. This can be extremely painful and enlarged and if not treated the...
-
Fibromyalgia Symptoms
10 August 2010 8:30 PM |
No Comments
Do you feel like you have walked a thousand miles and that you no longer have enough energy even to pull out a chair? Do you experience pain and stiffness all over, especially in the morning? Do you find it hard to sleep even when...
-
High Blood Pressure Symptoms
10 August 2010 8:30 PM |
No Comments
Systolic blood pressure reading greater or equal to 140 or a diastolic blood pressure reading greater or equal to 90 indicates high blood pressure. Research indicates high blood pressure cannot be detected, as it usually does not have any symptoms. Even if some do exist,...
-
Hot Flash Symptoms
10 August 2010 8:30 PM |
No Comments
Most American menopausal women, about 75% of them, suffer from hot flashes. There are other conditions like male hormone restriction therapy for prostate problems, hyperthyroidism, low blood pressure and low blood sugar, where hot flashes are known to occur. The immediate cause of the problem...