Heart attack: distinctive features in women

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According to the National Heart Foundation, women can experience heart attacks slightly differently than men.

A heart attack occurs when blood flow to the heart is suddenly blocked – this situation requires immediate medical attention.

Main symptoms include chest pain, shortness of breath, dizziness and sweating, but doctors remind: a heart attack in women can have distinctive features that make it different from the “male” version of the attack.

The National Heart Foundation states that

• women may experience unexplained fatigue before other heart attack symptoms develop.
• women may not experience heart attack pain—instead, they may experience anxiety, nausea, dizziness, palpitations, and cold sweats.

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• the pain felt by them during a heart attack is not always concentrated in the chest – it is more likely to spread to the shoulders, neck, stomach, back.

In turn, the British the Heart Foundation (BHF) notes: before menopause, hormones better protect women against coronary heart disease, but then this protection weakens. After menopause, the risk of heart attack in women is not only comparable to that of men, but also exceeds it.