Health Tip: Signs of Heart Attack in Women: MedlinePlus

Health Tip: Signs of Heart Attack in Women: MedlinePlus

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Health Tip: Signs of Heart Attack in Women

They can be different than in men

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By Diana Kohnle

Monday, October 22, 2012

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(HealthDay News) -- Every 90 seconds, a woman in the United States has a heart attack, according to the womenshealth.gov website. Sadly, many women don't recognize these typical symptoms:

• Having chest pain or discomfort.
• Feeling a strange sense of upper-body discomfort.
• Feeling short of breath.
• Suddenly breaking out in a cold sweat.
• Having an unusual sense of fatigue.
• Feeling light-headed or sudden dizziness.
• Feeling nauseated.

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