International Women's Day 2023: Know The Heart Attack Symptoms In Women Above 50

The risk of heart attack dramatically increases after menopause, due to the drop in oestrogen levels, which help to maintain a healthy heart.

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New Delhi: Heart attacks are becoming more common in women both in India and around the globe. According to the most recent statistics, heart attacks harm ten times more women than breast cancer does. There are numerous factors that can damage a woman's heart health and increase her risk of developing heart disease. One of the factors quietly increasing women's risk of cardiac ailments is untreated blood pressure problems that harm the heart.

Paying attention to early signs is crucial because a lot of heart damage occurs in the first two hours after a heart attack. For a heart attack, the sooner assistance is received, the better it is.

Early symptoms of heart attack:

Heart attack symptoms vary from person to person and even from one instance to another. Early symptoms of heart attack can include the following:

• Mild pain or discomfort in your chest that may come and go, which is also called “stuttering” chest pain
• Shoulder pain
• Neck or jaw pain
• Sweating
• Nausea or vomiting
• Lightheadedness or fainting
• Breathlessness
• The feeling of “impending doom”
• Severe anxiety or confusion

Women are more likely to experience symptoms, though they may not always be heart-related. In fact, a lot of women experience no chest pain at all during a heart attack. Since the risk of heart attack dramatically increases after menopause, due to the drop in oestrogen levels, which help to maintain a healthy heart, it's crucial for women over 50 to identify the signs of a heart attack.

Symptoms of heart attack for women above 50:

Some of the more common heart attack symptoms in women over 50 include the following:

• One common symptom is a pain in one or both limbs. Although pain or discomfort in either arm could be a sign, people tend to connect heart attack symptoms with their left arm more often.
• Additionally, women are also more likely to experience discomfort in their jaw, neck, upper back, or shoulders.
• Both men and women can experience shortness of breath as a sign of a heart attack. Chest pain is not a requirement for it to happen.
• Even though there may or may not be chest pain, it's crucial to know when it might be an indication of a heart attack. A heart attack may be indicated by persistent chest pain or pain that comes and goes frequently. The discomfort might feel intensely pressing like someone is seated on your chest. Furthermore, the terrible sensation isn't always felt in the middle of the breast. You may feel it from armpit to armpit.
• The symptoms of a heart attack that are more frequently experienced by women are sudden nausea and even puking.
• Additionally, you might get cold perspiration and experience anxiety.