The Today show
January 24th, 2006 at 8:03 pm (Health)
has a segment this whole week on Heart Health. Today focused on women and symptoms of Heart Attack and the fact that Drs misdiagnose many women.
Symptoms of Heart Attack for Women
-Chest Pain
-Shoulder Pain
-Jaw Pain (I had)
-Teeth Pain
-Shortness of Breath (I had)
-Nausea
-Fatigue ( I had)
More women die of heart attacks each year then men. One in Two women die of heart attack every year compared to one in 27 women with breast cancer. Breast cancer is still important to look out for. But more women pay attention to the symptoms for breast cancer then heart problems.
They also said that women tend to igonore their symptoms when it comes to heart health.
That is very scary to me. Luckily I was aware of symptoms of heart attack in women. I myself thought I was going through a panic attack. I am glad that I knew the symptoms though. That got me to Dr right away!
