Heart - related disease is more frequent in older
people, especially in those who are fat, who
smoke, or who have high blood pressure. Men
and women share many of the same signs, but
women more often have unexplained tiredness,
sleeping problems, and shortness of breath.
Women also feel an ache or tightness in the
chest more than the sharper pains felt by men.
Here are twelve symptoms that may signal heart
trouble.
1. ANXIETY
Heart attack can cause intense anxiety or a fear of
death. Heart attack survivors often talk about
having experienced a sense of "impending doom."
2. CHEST DISCOMFORT
Pain in the chest is the classic symptom of heart
attack,and "the number one symptom that we
typically look for," says Jean C McSweeney,
PhD,RN,associate dean for research at the
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
College of Nursing in Little Rock and a pioneer in
research on heart symptoms in women. But not
all heart attacks cause chest pain,and chest stem
from ailments that have nothing to do with the
heart.
Heart-related chest pain is often centered under
the breastbone,perhaps a little to the left of the
center. The pain has been likened to "an elephant
sitting on the chest," but it can also be an
uncomfortable sensation of pressure,squeezing,or
fullness. "It's not unusual for women to describe
the pain as a minor ache," McSweeney says.
"Some women say the pain wasn't bad enough
even to take a Tylenol."
Women, more so than men,can also experience a
burning sensation in their chest,rather than a
pressure or pain. "Sometimes people make the
mistake that the problem comes from a stomach
problem," says Nieca Goldberg, MD, clinical
associate professor of medicine at the NYU
Langone Medical Center in New York City.
3. COUGH
Persistent coughing or wheezing can be a
symptom of heart failure - a result of fluid
accumulation in the lungs. In some cases,people
with heart failure cough up bloody phlegm.
4. DIZZINESS
Heart attacks can cause light-headedness and
loss of consciousness known as arrhythmias.
5. FATIGUE
Especially among women,unusual fatigue can
occur during a heart attack as well as in the days
and weeks leading up to one. And feeling tired all
the time may be a symptom of heart failure. Of
course,you can also feel tired or fatigued for other
reasons. How can you tell heart- related fatigue
from other types of fatigue? "If you don't feel well
and all the wind is knocked out of your sails,don't
try to figure it out on the internet or from a book,"
says Goldberg. "Wasting time is dangerous."
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