Chest pain does not necessarily mean a heart attack. Other conditions can result in chest pain. Some, like heartburn, have nothing to do with the heart. Also, heart attacks don’t always cause chest pain. One study found 1 in 5 heart people had heart attacks without chest pain. With a heart attack, you may feel pain or discomfort in your back, jaw or arms, and not your chest. You also can feel pain in the stomach area that you might confuse with indigestion.
When a heart attack does cause chest pain, it begins in the left side or center of the chest and typically spreads to the back, jaw or arms. In men, heart attack pain radiates to the left arm most of the time, but not always. In women, the pain is more likely to spread to either arm.
Unlike the textbook heart attack, where you feel as though you have an elephant sitting on your chest, pain from a heart attack can range from mild to severe. The discomfort usually lasts for a few minutes and can feel like an uncomfortable pressure, squeezing, fullness or more serious pain. It also can go away and return a short time later.
...
...
No comments:
Post a Comment