Are Womens Heart Attack Symptoms Different Than Mens?
Even if you are taking aspirin, it’s possible to have a heart attack. The key to survival is early treatment — and that means getting help at the first sign of trouble. There are classic symptoms, like chest pain, but there may also be unusual symptoms, such as indigestion. Both men and women can have classic heart attack symptoms — and both can have less-classic symptoms. But there are differences. People may have mistaken beliefs about heart attack differences in men and women, say Jill Quinn and Kathleen King of the University of Rochester’s nursing school in New York. Quinn and King studied 41 women and 59 men who had suffered heart attacks. Here’s how the participants described their heart attack symptoms: • Pain, shortness of breath, fatigue. No gender differences • Right-side chest discomfort. 4.7 times more likely to be reported by men • Throat discomfort. 12 times more likely to be reported by women • Discomfort. 2.7 times more likely to be reported by men • Dull ache. 3.9 t
