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assume, but the medical fact to say it – and this means that women should be far more aware of their potential risk of a heart attack than everyone around them, especially if they can combine any of the common risk factors that might increase their chance of a potential heart attack during their lifetime.
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Genetic factors, lifestyle changes and the overall condition of your health are all things that can affect your proneness to see a heart attack in your life versus not. Stress, medication, environmental factors, and diet are all things that can further change your heart attack risk.
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How do you know you’re having a heart attack? It’s a common question, and surprisingly, it can actually be hard to tell: Angina might mimic a heart attack, although might also be mistaken for it.
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If you suspect any symptoms of a heart attack, seek medical attention immediately: Don’t wait, don’t wonder, and remember that it’s safer to find out and find out you’re wrong than skipping out on checking.
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here are 14 of the most frequent symptoms of a female heart attack that you should know about.
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1. Sharp Chest Stabbing as a Precursor<\/strong>
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Heart attacks<\/a> are always serious, and chest pain is one of the most common symptoms most people who have experienced a heart attack have reported. If you experience chest pain and difficulty breathing together with some of the symptoms on this list, consider yourself at risk of an active heart attack or the symptoms that happen before as warning signs.
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Any chest pain that you suspect might be a heart attack means see your doctor immediately: Seek medical attention at the emergency room and mention that you think you might be having a heart attack right now. An examination can establish this in just a few minutes – and you’ll know whether it’s a heart attack or not.
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When it isn’t caused by the potential symptoms of a heart attack, sharp stabbing chest pains can also indicate conditions that cause inflammation of the ribs or chest, a standard lung infection treatable with antibiotics or breathing-related conditions that aren’t related to the heart and can usually be managed with a different appropriate treatment.
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2. Pressure in the Chest<\/strong>
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Pressure in the chest <\/a>is one of the most common symptoms reported by people who have had heart attacks, and it’s often one of the first symptoms that point to the fact that there might be something wrong. It’s something that you should always watch for, and it’s the kind of symptom that doesn’t have to be combined with any other ones around it in order to be important: Even if this is the only symptom that you might experience, see your doctor as soon as you can.
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This particular symptom is most often described as the feeling of an elephant sitting on the chest: Most people, in fact, describe that it feels this way – and there might have been no other symptoms near it when it happened.
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If you experience chest tightness and you know that you have a family history of heart attacks, a prior diagnosis for a heart condition yourself or any of the other potential risk factors for a heart attack, make sure that you can get yourself to the emergency room immediately
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3. Numbness or Pain in the Shoulders<\/strong>
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One of the most common questions out there about heart attacks is whether or not they are painful: The problem is that there appears to be no standard answer to this question – for some people they are painful, and for other people they are not; it’s an individual case-by-case situation where everyone experiences it differently when it happens.
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What this means is that you should look for any and all symptoms, add the risk factors and if you are in an immediate danger situation, stop what you’re doing and see your doctor or seek medical attention at your nearest emergency room.
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Numbness <\/a>is common before pain kicks in, and numbness int he shoulders or neck are common symptoms that someone having a heart attack might experience: Pain might go together with this, but might also not, so combine your symptoms if you think there might be cause for concern.
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The numbness might be a precursor sign that starts several hours before the physical heart attack or several minutes. See your doctor at the first signs of it if you want to save yourself time and potentially save your life.
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4. Back Pain<\/strong>
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Back pain<\/a> is a common symptom that can be associated with heart attacks, and it commonly shows up as one of the potential precursors of a heart attack about to happen together with some of the other symptoms that are mentioned on this list (including chest tightness, chest pain and\/or difficulty breathing).
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The majority of people imagine that back pain is always related to their back muscles or spine, but this isn’t always the case: A great deal of heart attack patients report that their back hurt a few hours to minutes before having a heart attack – and this might have been the time window that got them to make a trip to the emergency room.
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Never ignore any pain for too long, especially not if you are a high risk for a heart attack or know that someone in your family has been diagnosed with a heart condition or had a heart attack during heir lifetime: All these things are increased risk factors for developing a heart attack or heart condition yourself.
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5. Neck Pain or Numbness<\/strong>
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It’s a very common expression to say that something is a pain in the neck, but a pain in the neck can also be one of the most important symptoms that you can spot – and it might be what saves your life if it happens as a precursor to a heart attack.
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Numbness, tightness <\/a>or pain in the neck can easily be shrugged off as symptoms that simply mean you might have had a rough day at work – and many people do – but it can also be a heart attack precursor, and it’s one of the symptoms that most often gets ignored or attributed to other things.
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Where it’s a precursor pointing to your likelihood of a heart attack in the next few hours to minutes, you might experience chest and jaw tightness alongside this, and might experience even further symptoms from this list.
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See your doctor at the first signs of numbness or discomfort: A trip to the emergency room as soon as possible is one of the best things you can do if you suspect a heart attack or any of the precursor symptoms that might come before one.
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6. Difficulty Breathing<\/strong>
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Difficulty breathing is a symptom that one might associate with a lung infection<\/a>, chronic respiratory condition or environmental factors such as traveling to a very polluted area when you have a system that remains sensitive to changes like this. But at the same time, difficulty breathing can also be one of the first symptoms that you might be a high heart attack risk – and a great deal of heart attack patients report chest tightness and difficulty breathing as either a symptom or a precursor.
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If you notice that you experience any tightness, numbness or pain together with this symptom, seek medical attention from your nearest emergency room immediately: This could be fatal – and early diagnosis and treatment are key to making sure you’re able to treat the condition in time.
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Sure, there are many other things that might cause difficulty breathing, but the more symptoms on this list you can combine with one another, the higher your chances of it being a heart attack.
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7. Numbness in the Fingertips<\/strong>
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The numbness that most people associate with a heart attack isn’t just located in the neck, arms, shoulders and back, but might also extend to other parts of the body including the hands, fingertips, legs, and feet: 
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Because of the fact that a heart attack affects the heart and the heart powers blood flow<\/a>, the numbness is one of the most common symptoms that people who have heart attacks report afterward.
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The associated numbness might happen a few hours to a few minutes after the physical event, but might also happen during the active heart attack: You are likely to experience other symptoms from this list (including chest tightness and difficulty breathing) at the same time, although there are many heart attack cases every year which don’t.
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Even a small, insignificant symptom like numbness in the fingertips could save your life: Take note and seek medical attention as soon as possible. 
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8. Jaw Discomfort<\/strong>
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It might seem obvious to say that a heart attack is uncomfortable, but it’s such an obvious symptom that many people miss it just because they think it will go away or happens because of something else. Heart attack symptoms are nagging although slight at first, which is how many people will ignore the first symptoms that they might be about to have a heart attack – and in a few hours, have a heart attack without realizing that your body was trying to tell you about it several hours prior to the actual event.
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Jaw tightness and discomfort <\/a>are common symptoms that many people who have had heart attacks have reported. Often, this goes together with the same tired or numb feeling in the hands, shoulders, back or neck.
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It’s a very important symptom but also happens to be one that most people ignore when it happens just because it seems simple and insignificant at the time.
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See your doctor at the first signs of jaw tightness, even if that’s the only experienced symptom.
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9. An Increased or Decreased Heart Rate<\/strong>
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If you are someone who has a heart condition, someone who is already at risk of having a heart attack or someone who is generally worried about their heart, then it’s likely that you make regular doctor’s appointments to have your heart checked out – and if you don’t, you should!
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Vital signs<\/a> are a clue for what your body might be doing. During the average doctor’s appointment, your doctor checks some of these vital signs to gather a clearer picture of your health.\u00a0
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One of the first things as the doctor will take note of is your heart rate: Blood pressure, breathing rate, and other elements are also important, of course, but heart rate can reveal a lot about you.
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If you notice an increased heart rate (or a decreasing one) from what you are used to, then it might be a potential heart attack sign. See your doctor or visit the emergency room if you feel like your heart just isn’t keeping up with what it’s supposed to do.
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10. Irritability<\/strong>
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There are plenty of ways in which a heart attack can signal that it’s on the way. One of the most common signs are the ones mentioned earlier on in this list: Symptoms like chest pain<\/a>, chest tightness, neck pain, numbness, and jaw pain or discomfort are all ones that might serve as potential warning signs that you might be about to have a heart attack, or might already be in the middle of one.
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Physical signs aren’t the only ones that you should look for: Sometimes there are other signs of a potential heart attack, too. 
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Irritability means that someone might snap at the slightest thing: Irritability means that someone obviously doesn’t feel well. But irritability can also mean a lot more than this, and it could be one of the precursors of a heart attack if it’s combined with some other signs on this list: See your doctor for it.
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11. Anxiousness<\/strong>
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One of the other potential precursor signs of a heart attack that can be said aren’t purely physical is the anxiousness that many patients report feeling as their heart attack was about to happen, or as their heart attack was actively happening. Feeling anxious and panicked is a feeling that isn’t always just emotional in nature, but can have a lot to do with your heart health – and anxiety<\/a> or uneasiness has been associated with many cases of a heart attack in the past.
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Where it’s not a heart attack, it might be indicative of anxiety-related disorders or a panic attack: A history of anxiety and panic attacks is likely in this case – but it doesn’t rule out a heart attack, particularly not if you can combine any of the other symptoms mentioned on this list.
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See your doctor anywhere you feel anxious: If you can combine any symptoms on this list as heart attack precursors, seek help straight from the emergency room.
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12. Headache<\/strong>
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A nagging or persistent headache <\/a>is a very common symptom, and yet one that most people will ignore in their daily life if they were to experience it: Headaches are usually dealt with by taking painkillers – and from there, these painkillers do little more than suppress the pain of the headache without treating the cause.\u00a0
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A headache can oftentimes be a sign of something more serious, including a potential sign of a heart attack or stroke: This becomes more true for anyone who had previously shown any of the other symptoms of a heart attack that appear on this list – and also remains more true for anyone who is a high risk.
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Never ignore a headache as a “simple” medical symptom: It almost never is. See your doctor if you have persistent headaches, whether or not they are combined with any symptoms of a heart attack that appear on this list.
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13. Unconsciousness<\/strong>
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If you are having a heart attack or suspect that you might be about to, one of the most important things that you can do is to seek immediate medical attention or go to the emergency room: Get help, phone an ambulance or do what you can in order to get yourself to medical help as soon as possible – doing anything else can lead to potential fatality for something that could have been treated in good time.
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Never use the “wait and see” approach with your health, and delay when you should be getting yourself to a doctor: Waiting for medical help when you could be at the emergency room right now is one of the most dangerous things that you can do, and many heart attacks lead to eventual unconsciousness<\/a>.
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Unconsciousness can render you helpless in the midst of a heart attack, especially if you are alone when it happens.
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Heart attacks and high blood pressure<\/a> are two separate health conditions that might go hand in hand – and that might affect you if you have any kind of family history that includes them.\u00a0
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Do you know anyone in your family that might have had what people today refer to as a “bad heart” even if you aren’t sure which condition might have caused it? Do you know anyone in your family with high blood pressure?  It’s a good idea to call up family members about this, to check your family history or to get a genetics test done.
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High blood pressure puts you at an increased risk of having a heart attack in your lifetime, and the biggest risk factor other than lifestyle and diet is your family history. 
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