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Heart Attack Symptoms Heart Attack Symptoms
From Emedicine.com
Chest pressure, discomfort, or a bandlike sensation around
the chest with squeezing or heaviness is a common symptom of heart attack.
- About one fourth of people having a heart attack have no pain
("silent" heart attack).
- Silent heart attacks are more frequent in people with diabetes.
The following symptoms suggest a heart attack:
- Chest pain or pressure (heaviness)
- Jaw pain, or extension of pain into the arms or shoulder
- Unexplained shortness of breath
- Unexplained sweating
- Heartburn or feeling of indigestion
- Nausea or vomiting
- Back pain or upper abdominal pain
- General lethargy or listlessness (malaise)
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