"If it is affecting the nervous system, a woman could end up with seizures, you can end up with a stroke," Gounder says. "High blood pressure can also lead to detachment of the placenta from the uterine wall, which is obviously dangerous to the pregnancy." While it can be treated, t...
In reality, a heart attack victim could easily be a woman, and the scene may not be that dramatic."Although men and women can experience chest pressure that feels like an elephant sitting across the chest, women can experience a heart attack without chest pressure," said Nieca Goldberg, M...
As a woman, you may feel that a heart attack is not the greatest risk you face, but the threat is very real--especially in the years leading up to and following menopause when hormonal changes can open the door to heart disease. Knowing the symptoms that women often experience during the...
Half of Canadian women who experience a heart attack have their symptoms go unrecognized and untreated. Heart disease and stroke are the leading causes of premature death in Canadian women. SUPPLIED Article content Every 16 minutes, a woman in Canada dies from a heart attac...
Top four symptoms of heart attack in women Chest pain Pain or discomfort in one or both arms Shortness of breath Sweating, nausea Yes, Jennifer was experiencing three out of four. Sean, the charge nurse on my unit that night, had been on the job for 20 years; if my heart stopped, ...
A woman suffers a heart attack every 90 seconds in the United States. Yet according to a 2009 American Heart Association survey only half of women indicated they would call 9-1-1 if they thought they were having a heart attack and few were aware of the most common heart attack symptoms....
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When women experiencesymptomsof a heart attack, those signs often are misinterpreted. Women's symptoms often are vague—shortness of breath, nausea/vomiting, and back or jaw pain. Other women experience dizziness, lightheadedness, pain in the lower chest or upper abdomen, and extreme fatigue. ...
Stewart Fahs, Kalman and Wells conducted the first phase of their project under an intramural research grant from SUNY Upstate. Their first task was to develop a questionnaire to measure a woman's knowledge of heart attack symptoms and warning signs. They then created a pilot version of an edu...
It's a common scenario. A woman in her 50s wakes up feeling nauseous. Dismissing it, she moves through her day, feeling a bit fatigued during her morning walk, even short of breath. Her friends urge her to go to the doctor after she experiences shooting