Heart Attack Symptoms
23 May 2009
One CommentThere are sayings that the symptoms of heart attacks differ according to different gender.
Is that the truth?
Well, most people can tell from the signs or symptoms of heart attack like shortness of breath, chest pain and radiating pain in the back, arms jaw or neck.
But, the symptoms may vary greatly according to different genders. There are studies stating that men shows more classic signs and women can show symptoms weeks before the attack that are typically not associated with the attack.
Researches pointed out that heart disease are generally considered a men’s problem and most of the studies were focused mainly on men.
It was not until the 80s where a study financed by the National Institutes of Health focused on female patients did they discover that 70 per cent of the female heart patients reported severe unexplained, 48 per cent reported sleep disturbances and fewer than half reported indigestion, anxiety and shortness of breath.
Other studies have similar findings as well.
Chest pain is still the most common warning sign for both genders and while men can experience atypical symptoms as well, women should be particularly aware of them.
Though heart disease or cardiovascular disease is the No. 1 killer disease in the world, it could well be prevented through taking a product like cholesterol supplements to achieve normal cholesterol level or other heart health supplements.
Heart attack could be prevented with exercise, diet and some food supplements like CoQ10.`–
11 June 2010 at 12:31 pm