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In the reference manual of cardiology, is the space devoted to the description of symptoms that often occur with heart disease. In most cases, symptoms of this "typical" become a list of symptoms of men. In women, symptoms vary widely and are usually treated by cardiologists as "atypical. Because more women die from heart disease than men in those days, the exact statistics of symptoms in people who are "atypical treatment.
Angina pectoris among women
When women suffer from angina are more likely than men to experience atypical symptoms. Many women report burning or heat or pain in the back, shoulders, arms or jaw, often have no chest pain at all. Any good doctor will think of angina pectoris at each time a patient spends described disadvantages associated with the effort lies somewhere above the waist, and did not really dethroned by "atypical" in the descriptions . However, because many doctors still believe that the CAD is rare in women who are very sensitive to the depreciation of such simple symptoms of musculoskeletal pain or gastro-intestinal.
Myocardial infarction (MI, myocardial infarction) also tend to behave differently in women. They often have nausea, vomiting, indigestion, shortness of breath or extreme fatigue - but no chest pain. Unfortunately, these symptoms are easily attributed to other than the heart. Women are also more likely than men to have "silent" MIS - MIS, without acute symptoms and the diagnosis only at a later date if subsequent cardiac symptoms.
Chest pain with normal coronary arteries
And women are more likely than men to experience true angina (chest pain caused by coronary artery disease), but with "normal" coronary arteries after cardiac catheterization. Click this link to read about three diseases that cause chest pain with normal coronary arteries.
Women minimize their symptoms
DrRich has always believed that women are less about their cardiac symptoms than men, allowing doctors think they are doing better than they are really complaining. However, scientific evidence showing that, in fact, women tend to their heart disease symptoms to minimize.
Medical care if women
1) You may have had angina pectoris
Visit your doctor or pharmacist if you have any of the following symptoms:
- The episodes of pain, pressure, burning or tightness in the chest, jaw, shoulders, back or arms and take a 5 - 10 minutes
- Unexplained episodes of breathlessness for a maximum of 5 - 10 minutes
- The episodes of palpitations with dizziness or vertigo
2) You may suffer a heart attack
Call 911 if you have one or more of these symptoms:
- Pain, pressure, burning or tightness in the chest, jaw, shoulders, back or arms, lasting more than 5 - 10 minutes
- Unexplained shortness of breath for more than 5 to 10 minutes
- Sudden nausea, vomiting or indigestion
- Sudden sweating for no reason
- Sudden unexplained extreme fatigue
- Loss of consciousness or fainting
- Suddenly, the panic of Doom
And while you're waiting for the ambulance, chew an aspirin. (A chewable aspirin in the blood faster than swallowing an aspirin, and helps prevent blood clotting.)
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