In movies, people with
heart attacks often hug the left chest and collapsed to the floor. In fact,
many heart attacks occur slowly, patients only experience mild discomfort or
pain in the chest. These irregularities are overlooked. Patients go to the doctor
only when lesions persist in the heart.
Here are some warning
signs of a heart attack.
- Chest discomfort:
Most heart attacks cause discomfort in the center of the chest. This attack
lasted several minutes or repeated. The patient may feel like armor forced
contraction of the heart or feel pain.
- Discomfort in other
areas of the upper half (shoulders, neck, jaw, arms, back): This sign is
usually accompanied by discomfort in the chest, but may also appear. Here are
some typical location of pain or discomfort in patients with heart disease:
- Shortness of breath:
This symptom often occurs with unpleasant feelings in the chest, but may also
appear.
- Other signs: and cold
sweat, nausea, weakness and dizziness.
If you or someone next
to you start to feel chest discomfort, especially with one or more signs of a
heart attack, call an ambulance. Period of time from when the first signs
appear, and when the patient is cured can mean the difference between life and
death.
