Heart Attack Symptoms - Faith Regional Health Services

February is American Heart Month

To keep your life on track and your heart healthy, it is important to know your risk factors and how to take control of them.

Controllable Risk Factors
• Smoking
• High Cholesterol
• High Blood Pressure
• Obesity
• Physical Inactivity
• Diabetes
• Stress and Anger

Uncontrollable Risk Factors
• Age and Gender
• Family History of Heart Disease
• Race

Heart Attack Symptoms

It is also important to be able to recognize the symptoms of a heart attack. If you have any of these heart attack symptoms, call 911 or seek emergency help immediately.

Chest Discomfort. Most heart attacks involve discomfort in the center of the chest that lasts more than a few minutes, ot that goes away and comes back. It can feel like uncomfortable pressure, squeezing, fullness or pain.

Discomfort in other areas of the upper body. Symptoms can include pain or discomfort in one or both arms, the back, neck, jaw or stomach.

Shortness of breath with or without chest discomfort.

Other signs may include breaking out in a cold sweat, nausea or lightheadedness.

Related Links:

Faith Regional
CardioVascular Institute
Medical Offices West
110 N 29th St.
Suite 301
Norfolk, NE 68701
(402) 844-8284
Toll Free: 1(866)HEART08

Know that men and women may experience different symptoms. See the list here.

Women’s Symptoms
• Slight discomfort in the chest
• Warning signs appear to be only stress or indigestion
• Shortness of breath, fatigue
• Pain below left shoulder blade or back
• Pain or tingling in the jaw, elbow, arm or throat

Men’s Symptoms
• Dramatic onset of sudden pressure, fullness, squeezing or pain in the center of the chest
• Fainting or Sweating
• Shortness of breath
• Sudden onset of rapid heartbeats

The sooner you get treatment, the greater the chance that physicians can prevent further damage to the heart.

Click here to learn more about Faith Regional CardioVascular Institute or call (402) 844-8284.

Mark your calendar!
Make plans to join us for the start! Heart Walk on April 8, 2009 at the Sunset Plaza Mall.

Last Updated:02/04/09