It may be recurrent, getting worse in pregnant women, or in either men or women after weight gain, improving after weight loss. It won't get worse with physical exertion. There is a sensation of burning more than of pressure. It's higher in your chest than the shortness of breath that accompanies heart attack or angina. The kind of shortness of breath that comes with GERD is not a symptom that responds to the usual, natural ways of treating dyspnea. Pain that is worse after you eat, but not worse after you exercise.Pain that intensifies when you breathe deeply or cough.Pain that gets better or worse when you change body position.There is more likely to be a sense of fullness in the stomach than in the center of the chest. When acid coming up from the stomach causes chest pain, it is more likely to be a burning pain than a crushing pain. When it doubt, see a doctor right away.Īnother common cause of chest pain is heartburn, also known as gastroesophageal reflux disease or GERD. There are people who have pain on the "wrong" (right) side of the chest, and there are people who get leg pain or headaches instead of chest pain. Women, diabetics, and people over the age of 80 often do not have chest pain when they have heart attacks. Not everyone who has a heart attack will have chest pain Shortness of breath may be severe after physical exertion, but improve after a few minutes rest. There can be nausea, vomiting, dizziness, and confusion. When there isn't a feeling of crushing or burning pain, there may be a feeling of fullness in the chest. If you are at the point of experiencing the symptoms of a heart attack, the sweating, chest pain, and shortness of breath usually (but not always) increase, and there may also be pain radiating to the left arm or neck. If you are diabetic, keeping your blood sugar levels under control can help prevent heart attack. There are many things your doctor can to prevent a heart attack: blood pressure control, high-dose statins (not so much to lower cholesterol as to stop inflammation), and nitroglycerin pills to open your arteries. If you have these potential early warning signs of a heart attack, don't wait until you keel over in pain to see a doctor.
You might have a passing sensation as if someone reached into your chest and squeezed your heart. Maybe you will get out of breath more easily when you are going up and down stairs, or you will break out in a sweat on a cool day even with little exertion. You can have a kind of early warning about heart problems several days or even several weeks before you actually have a heart attack. Intense pressure pain and shortness of breath often indicates heart attack or a heart problem such as angina . Typical and not so common symptoms of heart attack
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