“What are the first signs of a heart attack in a woman?”
I am a 49 year old female. I want to know what are the first signs of a heart attack in a woman?
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CardiologistCardiologist
Like men, women often have typical symptoms when they have a heart attack, which would be severe chest pressure or tightness often associated with shortness of breath, swelling, and occasionally nausea. The challenging thing about women, especially with older women, is that they often have more atypical symptoms which may be things like just arm aching or neck aching, or fatigue, or dizziness...
Most of the time, chest pressure with radiation to the left arm and shortness of breath. Intense indigestion, upper back pain or jaw and neck pain can happen.
