What Are the Symptoms of Heart Disease and Heart Attack?
The classic symptoms of heart attack are crushing chest pain, which may extend to the shoulder, to the jaw, or down the arm; shortness of breath; sweating; nausea &/or vomiting; dizziness; rapid or irregular pulse; and weakness. These symptoms are often brought on by physical exertion (classic example: while someone is shoveling snow) or sudden emotional stress. If you have chest pain with one or more of these symptoms these symptoms, go to the emergency room immediately. This having been said, many heart attacks are mild, and may even be asymptomatic or “silent” (especially in diabetics). Furthermore, in nearly two out of three women who died suddenly of coronary heart disease, there were no previous symptoms of this disease. Mild or moderate heart attacks may present with more subtle symptoms, and many people (especially women) may have what are called “atypical” symptoms such as burning across the upper abdomen or mid-chest. Heart attacks may occur at any time of day, but their freq
