A Serious Note About Heart Attacks Symptoms

[chandoo]

A cardiologist says if everyone who gets this mail sends it to everyone they know, you can be sure that we'll save at least one life. Please be a true friend and send this article to all your friends you care about.
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• Women should know that not every heart attack symptom is going to be the left arm hurting,
• Be aware of intense pain in the jaw line.
• You may never have the first chest pain during the course of a heart attack.
• Nausea and intense sweating are also common symptoms.
• 60% of people who have a heart attack while they are asleep do not wake up.
• Pain in the jaw can wake you from a sound sleep. Let's be careful and be aware. The more we know, the better chance we could survive...

[David147]

I don't know what the statistics of people not waking up when having a heart attack are, but it is absolutely true that not all people experience heart attacks in the same way. Jaw pain is a common type of 'referred pain' associated with heart attack. Some people feel it less like pain and more like a crushing or tightening feeling in their chests. Shortness of breath and nausea are also highly associated with heart attacks. The ER in my hospital often sees patients with "dental pain" who end up in our Critical Care department because they are actually having a heart attack.