Notice that the mother just doesn't look right and you ask her if she ok. "I'm just tired, that's all, it's no big deal." You sit down and talk with her for a while longer. She looks a little pale and begins to have difficulty breathing. "I have not slept well. I'm fine, don't worry about me. "
It is our mothers and grandmothers Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and sisters are on our minds. Everyone is wearing pink shirts, pink wristbands and even pink shoe cleats (Chargers go!). Breast cancer is on the forefront of everyone's thoughts, but have recently made major breakthroughs in cardiac research.
You have all the men who had known heart attacks? How about women? Research shows that she could look very different from each other. According to a recent study by the National Institute of Health (NIH), women are less likely to have "classic" symptoms during a heart attack. What are you looking for? How do you know? The study found that the 3 most common symptoms women experienced before from a cardiac event were: unusual fatigue, sleep disturbance and shortness of breath.
No chest pain for heart attacks?
Wait, no chest pain? Most everyone think you have chest pain (thank you House and E.R.) to having a heart attack. The truth is, 43% of all of the women in the study had no chest pain at all during their entire heart attack.
In this study, prior to heart attacks, experienced women these symptoms:
Unusual fatigue-70%
Sleep disturbance-48%
Shortness of breath-42%
Indigestion-39%
Fear-35%
During the heart attack they experience:
Shortness of breath-58%
Weakness-55%
Unusual fatigue-43%
Cold sweat-39%
Dizziness-39%
Please, please feed the women in your life and spread the message so that more lives can be saved! Also, make sure you have completed in the case of the worst by taking a class CPR and first aid learning!
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