Yes…Young Women Can Have Heart Attacks!
Not too long ago I was told a terrifying tale about a young woman and a heart attack. The 40-year-old woman arrived at the emergency room of her local hospital displaying a multitude of symptoms that made it clear that a heart attack was in progress - at least it was obvious to a nurse in the ER.
After hooking the woman up to medications to help deal with the attack, the nurse alerted other doctors to the case and then went home at the end of her shift figuring all was well. When the nurse returned to work the next day, she was shocked to discover that doctors in the ER had stopped the medications, told the woman she was simply having a panic attack and sent her home. The woman suffered major damage to her heart.
Unfortunately, many doctors don’t suspect a heart attack when they see a young woman with chest pain. And, while it’s true that heart attacks are more common among young men than young women, women are not exempt . Figures from the National Center for Health Statistics show that in 1998, approximately 11,000 women under the age of 45 were hospitalized for heart attacks.
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When a heart attack strikes a young woman, she is likely to suffer debilitating damage or die. In a study that looked at gender differences among heart attack victims, researchers found that heart attacks were far more likely to be deadly if the victim was female. In fact, when Dr. Viola Vaccarino and her colleagues looked only at patients under age 50, they found that twice as many women as men died in the days following a heart attack.
Part of the explanation for this frightening statistic is that young women with heart attacks often get either no treatment or they receive delayed care. Sometimes women, and sometimes their doctors, miss the attack because they don’t realize that the symptoms of a heart attack may vary with the patient’s gender, says Vaccarino, an assistant professor of epidemiology at the Yale School of Medicine. Compared to men, during a heart attack women are much more likely to experience back pain, indigestion and nausea and/or vomiting, rather than chest pain, as their symptoms, according to an earlier study by Vaccarino.
And while the bigger teaching hospitals are beginning to catch on, it’s still not uncommon for doctors at smaller institutions to miss heart attacks in younger women, says Dr. Marianne Legato, founder and director of The Partnership for Women’s Health and a professor of clinical medicine at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in New York City. Legato recently reviewed the records for a young woman in her 20s who showed up at a hospital complaining of nausea and vomiting, as well as chest pain. The possibility that the woman might be having a heart attack never occurred to the doctors examining her. She was dead within 48 hours.
When Vaccarino and her colleagues looked at death rates from heart attacks in young people, they found that misdiagnosis and delays in medical care could only explain part of the discrepancy between men and women. This is an area that needs further research, she says.
But, while doctors are at a loss to explain why heart attacks occur in otherwise healthy young women, they have pinpointed a group who are at an elevated risk. Women who smoke, are obese, have diabetes and/or high blood pressure are more likely than others to have a heart attack, Legato says. “And diabetes is a much more important risk factor for women than men,” she adds. “Once you have it, your risk for [heart disease] is four to six times higher.”
Ultimately, women need to know the signs of a heart attack and demand proper care if they think they may be having one. If you have risk factors for a heart attack, no matter whether you are in your 20s or 30s or 40s, and you feel you are experiencing a heart attack, don’t allow the doctor to dismiss your symptoms as indigestion or anxiety. Tell them you want to be tested. If you don’t, the consequences could be deadly.
The following symptoms could signal heart ills:
- Angina (chest pain). Can also include back pain or deep aching and throbbing in the left or right bicep or forearm.
- Breathlessness. Also may include waking up having difficulty catching one’s breath.
- Clammy perspiration.
- Dizziness. Unexplained lightheadedness, even blackouts.
- Edema. Swelling, particularly of the ankles or lower legs.
- Fluttering. Rapid heartbeats.
- Gastric upset (or nausea).
- Heavy fullness. Also may include pressure-like chest pain between breasts and radiating to left arm or shoulder.
If you are experiencing these symptoms please do not wait, contact a doctor immediately for your own safety.
Sources: ACOG/Medical Tribune News Service
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Since the doctors have done both the blood tests and the ECG I would trust them that they have correctly identified what is going on and follow through on the directives from them to deal with the other issues. Worrying about it at this point is definitely a waste of energy.
Chronic heartburn is definitely something that needs to be checked out and controlled, so do follow through and make that appointment with the Gastroenterologist to get that taken care of.
I have been having some chest (sort of like my left shoulder area)/arm pain, as well as some pain by my right knee and almost constant heartburn. I’m 20 years old and overweight, and have experimented with some stimulant drugs (cocaine and crystal methamphetamine). I went to the emergency room as well as my primary care doctor, and both did blood tests and the hospital did an ECG and they said i was fine, and that my blood tests came back great. Aside from my weight and all of this pain, I’m incredibly healthy. I recently quit smoking cigarettes as well, and have been getting very localized, very painful headaches. My PC doctor told me i should go to a Gastrointerologist for the heartburn as well as a Neurologist for the headaches and chest/arm/hand pain, but I don’t want to randomly drop dead of a heart attack while I wait for an appointment. If I’ve had two different doctors tell me my heart is fine, is it all just in my head, or should I still be worried?
Hi Tineil, it sounds like you should definitely be having a conversation with your doctor. I could not give you a difinitive answer either way but it seems like you have enough issues going on that it would be wise to consult with your doctor.
Hi i’m a 23year female. I have been experiencing sudden extreme fatigue, shortness of breath,indigestion,sever headaches and dizziness and back aches as well as pain along my neck,shoulders and arms(both). I am also experiencing a discomforting fluttering kind of pain in my chest and the region just above my stomach.I cholesterol is at 7 and my dad has had 2 heart attacks. I fear i maybe as well. My boyfriend thinks it may be the flu doing the rounds coupled with my menstrual cycle. Could it be I am displaying symptoms of a heart attack, if so, should I ask for an ecg? please advise.
Sarah, You need to see your doctor. We are not able to give specific medical advice.
I just am 25 and just found out I had a ‘significant heart attack’ through an ECG displaying borderline Q waves. I didn’t have any signs. WHat signs should I watch for, since I already have damage>
Hi Danni, I have to admit I am not familiar with Marfan Syndrome and so can’t really advise you on the reasons you are experiencing the blurriness, dizziness and pain you are feeling. I did find a website for the National Marfan Foundation which has a lot of good information and advice. You may already be familiar with this or other resources available to you but I did want to pass on some comments the site makes for living with Marfan:
People with Marfan syndrome should be treated by a physician familiar with the condition and how it affects all body systems. Careful management includes:
•Annual echocardiogram to monitor the size and function of the heart and aorta.
•An initial eye exam by an ophthalmologist, including a slit-lamp exam, with periodic follow up exams.
•Careful monitoring of the skeletal system by an orthopedist, especially during childhood and adolscence.
•Beta-blocker medications may be prescribed to lower blood pressure and, consequently, reduce stress on the aorta.
•Lifestyle adaptations to reduce stress on the aorta.
(http://www.marfan.org/marfan/2409/FAQ)
It is probably a good idea that you explore these issues in your life with your parents. Make sure they know all your symptoms and ask to go and see your doctor to let her/him know what is happening to you.
Im 14 years old. I have marfans, with a concave sterum, which i was told, out of five, (being the levels of how bad it is) i had a four. I was told that i could get surgry, but it might not be neccicary. I have a lot of chest pain, but i keep getting told its from my sterum growing in. Lately. since probably november, i have been gettign dizzy feelings. Sometimes i fall because my vision gets blurred so much but most of the time when it happens i can grab somthing, but im worried. I asked my parent to look into it but i dont think that they have. Im kinda starting to get scared. When i look at the symtoms i realized that its the same thing almost excatly, becasue i am hypoglycemic, not to be confused with hyperglycemic, and everything is hurting lately. I figured its just growing painss but im not so sure anymore. Whats going on?
dear lyndsay– prayer–father God i pray for lyndasy right now for wisdom and guidance for the doctors that they will find the cause of these heart palpatations and the chest pains and the numbing and the pain down her arm i pray for your healing touch over her body that you are the great physician and nothing is impossible with you, by your stripes God lyndsay is healed i pray for a miracle for a healing to come over her i pray all of this in JESUS name amen i am praying for you. God be with you at this time
Hi i am 25year old female and i have a son who is 4 and a daughter who is 6 months. ever since i have had my daughter in sep 11. i have had spell of left sided chest pains and numbing and pain down my arm. i have had an increase in palapatations and sometimes they are in runs. i have been down to a&e many times they said ecg was ok? there is strong family history of heart disease but nothing gets done. my doctor has since re referred me to the cardiologist.
You are YOUR OWN BEST ADOVOCATE. Be pushy with doctors if you have to be. Only YOU know how you feel. If something doesnt feel right, it probably isn’t! Listen to your body.I am 23 years old, and had a heart attack at 22! I’d say I’m a perfect example. I’ve never experimented with drugs in my life, I eat healthy, I exercise, there is NO history of heart disease, etc. in my family. Be aware. Immediately after the attack my EKG looked perfectly normal. By the next day it wasn’t. Also, there was slight damage to my heart (which has, thankfully, since healed). I was hospitalized for a week. Unfortunately, it took this for doctors to start taking me seriously. Don’t allow yourself to be that person.
Let me remind you that the opinions and comments on this site are not primarily from physicians and expert medical personnel. There can be much that is learned from other people’s experiences but that should never take the place of consultation with a medical professional. If you have questions about the health of your heart you need to talk about that with your doctor or–as in Leslie’s situation–with another physician if you are not satisfied with the answer you get from you own doctor.
Tabitha, my heart breaks for you and your family. The shock of such a quick attack on a person like that is a tragedy at any age but is magnified when it comes to someone so young. Thanks for sharing your story and the inherent warning for us all.
I’ve had all those symptoms at one point or another. But the ones that scare me are when my heart flutters to the point where it actually catches my breath. But tonight I was a little concerned and almost went to the ER cause I was getting this very painful throbbing underneath my left collar bone, it would actually make me a little disoriented. It would stop but then come back all day. The fact that I dont have health insurance is the only thing that stopped me from going to the ER tonight……I don’t know what else to do.
Hi,my name is a Tabitha and I was researching Heart attack at because my husbands 33 year old female cousin will be taken off life support in the next couple of hours. On wed morning her husband was awaken be her having a seizure in the bed next to him. The ambulance was called and unfortunately arrived 29 minutes later. He gave her cpr until they finally arrived but there was no response from her at all. She has been in intensive care since and they said that she had a heart attack which in turn gave her the seizure and the lack of oxygen to her brain was too long, there was no recovering from this. She has been on a ventilator since she arrived at the hospital. This is the saddest thing I have EVER been through or witnessed. She has 5 children, ages 8-16. She was a smoker and had diabetes, the night before she woke up feeling sick and threw up. No one would of ever guessed it would have ended up like this,especially at the young age of 33:(
Hi im 27 yrs old and been experiencing heaviness on my chest specially when im tired i also feel jaw pain and shortness of breath also my hands and feet are numb then my first time going to the doctor ive been told that the cause of it is gastric something.. Then after a year i went to a different doctor coz i still feel the same specially when im tired the second doctor said i have inflammation on my chest then he gave me some medicine and i took it as he directed then after 6mnths i still feel the same signs so i went to a new doctor then he said its just a pshycological and im stress i need to rest… Im starting to worry now what to do coz docotrs have different opinion and giving different nedicine but what i know to myself is that im having this heart attach problem. Well i had x ray test BP test and ECG everythings normal but still up to now while writing this i feel heaviness on my chest i dont know what to do i want to be cure pls help i appreciate ur comment and lookin forward to it thanks!
Lord God I pray for Holley. There has been so much that she has gone through and I can tell she is afraid. I pray that You would give her peace as she trusts in You to care for her. Lord I pray that You would direct her to the right doctor who will give her clear advice on how to manage whatever health issues she does have. I pray that You would heal her body and take away her pain and swelling. In Jesus’ name amen.
Well the last few years have been rough I broke my neck in 92 after 4 spin surgery’s rods in the back of my c spine n a plate and screws cage in the front and now a morphine pump in my hip last year. A car hit me from behind now my lower back is not doing all that well June my sister of 48 years old died of a heart attack Heart issues run in my family and 6 months later lost my older Sister at (50)to a as-ma attack. I felt like I was next with chest pains left arm numbness doctors put in a pacemaker saying I have sick sinus syndrome put me on bp meds n heart meds a week after surgery I had the same feelings called doc in distress with no calls back and being admitted to the hospital with a new cardiologist again all the test done again This time saying I do not have sick sinus syndrome took me off all meds n put me on antidepressants and Xanax pain doc still has me on the morphine pump n oxycodone 30 mg telling me it’s anxiety attracts along with all my pain. I do know that panic attacks are real and can mimic a heart attract but Now my feet and hands are swollen some day’s two or three times in size so now on laxis 20-40 mg Tonight had another episode bp 144/99 I’m tired scared and no one listens I feel like I’m dieing 19 years in pain and now all this please someone tell me I’m not going CRAZY!!!!!!please. Being a nurse before I got hurt I know my body I know signs or (c.o.p.d) and congestive heart failure …I guess tomorrow I call another doctor until someone hears me….
EBONY>> I have had that many times. It was trapped gas believe it or not. I thought I was having a heart attack at 25 :(
thank you for this article very enlightening wow what an eye opener thank you again
Iam a 25 yr old female I Wokeup this morning and have been having pain under my left Breast. Iam a hypochondriac and think Iam having a heart attack :o( I do t want to run to the ER because I have a whole lot or hospital bills!! It’s just in one sport under my breast and it randomly comes and goes all day so far!! It doesn’t hurt when I breathe or move around it comes and goes and there is no other pain anywhere else what do I do?????? Is this a heart attack in women or what help!!?!
Thank you for posting this article as it provides and invaluable service to many women who doubt themselves. It’s apparent how much bias there is in the medical profession, to deny that women can be having cardiac events during their reproductive years. Although I have been fortunate to not *yet* have an MI, my endothelial dysfunction – microvascular disease (this means there are no occlusions found when the angiogram is performed with special chemical “challenges”, they can see the vessels are behaving OPPOSITE to how they are supposed to behave; I live with sensations that almost every day, sometimes many times a day, FEEL as though I am actually having a heart attack. This has been happening since I was in my early 40s. This makes for many false alarms. But, they need monitoring and treatment (especially nitroglyerin) and management, and I still need to notice when some symptoms change, as MIs can be provoked by ischemia (diminished blood flow to heart muscle).
Thank you for posting these concise summaries of real women’s real experiences. To a healthier and happier New Year!
hi im 27 years old and i’ve been suffering with chest pains and my hands get numbed ,i’ve been to the doctor several times and had test done but still shows nothing but i looked up the symptoms of an heart attack and i feel that i am having attack plz advise on what i should do
Ok im 25 yrs old have 3 sons from 4 years to 3 months. I to have had every test known to man done and they all are fine but I know otherwisse and I know how I feel. They say I’m to young to have heart issues. I have a very strong family history of heart attacks and heart disease. Its so frustrating. I am a Christian and have been annointed with oil and I have faith I will get my healing or God will give them knowledge to find the problem
My mother just had her second heart attack at 43, she experienced the first one at the age of 38, when I was 18. She is a smoker has been for the past twenty five years and has high blood pressure. The realization that my siblings and I are at significant risk for heart disease and subsequently a heart attack has now been driven home after this second scare. As I write this, I’m unsure of my mother’s prognosis but I realize that I need to make some serious changes in my life and the life of my siblings. Our father died last year around this time from a stroke; although he wasn’t my biological father, there are a plethora of health concerns that I am at risk for and it’s very scary! Reading this article and dealing with my family’s current situation has been a much needed wake up call.
My mother just had her second heart attack at the age of 43, she experienced the first one at the age of 38, when I was 18. She is a smoker has been for the past twenty five years and has high blood pressure. The realization that my siblings and I are at significant risk for heart disease and subsequently a heart attack has now been driven home after this second scare. As I write this, I’m unsure of my mother’s prognosis but I realize that I need to make some serious changes in my life and the life of my siblings. Our father died last year around this time from a stroke; although he wasn’t my biological father, there are a plethora of health concerns that I am at risk for and it’s very scary! Reading this article and dealing with my family’s current situation has been a much needed wake up call.
I am 30 years old women, i have heard, out of nine people one women will have cardiac causes. Is that true? Sometimes i have small pain on right chest feels like punching, this will be for 5-10 mins. Why this happens?
I had my first heart attack at age 32. It was 9 days after I had my son. They called it a post-partum heart attack. I went to cardiac rehab and exercised faithfully after that. Then, about 5 weeks ago, I had my second heart attack at 38. This time it required 2 stents in the same artery as before, and 2 days in ICU. I have no risk factors for a heart attack. ANYONE could have a heart attack. Seek medical attention right away! I believe that God still has a plan for me being here. I thank Him for helping me to know what was happening this last go around, so I could get help right away. Throughout both heart attacks, I know the Lord was with me. He gave me an amazing sense of peace & comfort. Someday, I will go home to be with Him in Heaven because He is my Lord and Savior. But, for now, I get to stay and love my husband & children!
I think it is important for the ladies posting question on this site to know that we are not medical professionals and will not be able to adequately diagnose your health issues. We can give some of our own experiences and perspectives but you really need to consult with your doctor. If you don’t feel that your doctor is giving adequate concern to your health issues then find a second opinion.
Louisa, it is far better to talk with your doctor to identify what the problem is than to allow the anxiety to build up over what it might be. Don’t let your fear keep you from going to your doctor because if it is a heart issue the sooner you know the sooner you can start finding ways to treat it. Make an appointment today!
Sue, talk to your cardiologist and ask Him/her what the pain is from then. Be persistent so that you understand so you take the anxiety out of the situation. If you still are not happy with what your cardiologist is saying talk to your MD and request a second opinion.
i am a 24 year old single mother partly running 2 businesses. for the last 4 months i have been getting this chest pains and just brushed it off. but lately it has been getting worst. now i get nauseous and then a chest tightening feeling and my left side of my body goes lame and pins and needles and a feeling that i want to black out. should i go and see the doctor or just relax more. when i start relaxing and it blows over I’m am extremely tired and still struggle to speak for a while after that. say about a couple of hours after that. Please help scared of going to the doctor scared of what he might say and find.
To Angela…Have you seen your electrophysiology group? It may be that your pacemaker settings needs to be adjusted or your pacemaker battery may have reached end of life and needs to be replaced.
hi I’m 47 and I had a heart attack last November and had a stent put in .This all went fine apart from I have been left with a leaking valve,lately I have been getting chest pain under and above my left breast and in my shoulder blade also getting breathless at rest and I am so tired all the time.My cardiologist said thisvis nothing to do with my heart.please help what could this be as it is getting me down now
I am having a problem of chest pain and left arm pain from last 17 years. My ECG ad TMT were normal. Let me know it is heart problem
I never write any blog comments.but I felt compelled this time to share my ideas with anyone interested on listening. If you not happy with your health you can do somthing about it yourself. Believe that you are healthy & think & talk like you are healthy & health will come. If you have a difficult time catching/getting breaths of air. Work at taking deeper full even breaths inhaling and exhaling like a wave equal rhythm. If it is your heart but no one findsbanything & believes you find someone who can listen to you and is compassionate to help you. If not consider your diet & exercise/nonexercise self & meditate & go within. & ask your body to help you fix problems/aggervations. What did people do for health beforei. medicine Dr’s& tests? (people were there for you to Help you and cared) now its all regulated standardized. We as a populs haber gotten away from real healing. That we can heal ourselves & each other with words/touch & belief. Yes there are some un explainable cases but that’s for the spirit of the universe to know why not for us root dwell on any of it. Wake up the time is now.
Mara23 check out pots syndrome I was having the same issues 10 ekgs and blood tests in the past week all came back normal but still knew something was wrong it happens to be pots ;-:
I am all for seeking medical attention as I have been reading some of the other posts that have been posted as their often are medical treatments that can help cure a person. One of the suggestions I would like to make too is that to ask a Pastor and elders or even your small group to anoint you with oil and ask Christ for healing. Christ will either heal you or give you the strength to deal with the illness as apostle Paul pleaded for Christ to heal him but he never was healed but had to rely on God for strength. I don’t pretend to be a heart expert which is why it is important that a medical doctor be visited at the same time asking God for healing is a good thing. God Bless
@radika menon,
One of the suggestions that I would like to offer is to visit a doctor and have them do tests on you to discover if you really do have heart problems. Often in life when we decide to figure out what is wrong with us before going to see a doctor we are often wrong. God Bless
hi.i will be 21 this august.i doubt that there is something wrong with my heart. i haven’t gone to the doctors yet.when i m sad or tensed i feel trouble breathing like, i inhale so hard but the oxygen is not enough so i have to breath through my mouth. and i feel heaviness in heart, like squeeesing and my left bicep part and between the left hand’s elbow and arm and in the middle finer tip it hurts.and i feels so tired as i cant stand.
i dnt take this seriously because this thing comes and goes.and i mjust 20.i haven’t told anybody about this.who ever reads this please tell me do you think i m having a serious problem?(i m not good at english so i hope who ever reads this understand what i wrote)
I am 35 year old mother of 2. I have an amazing husband, beautiful kiddos and even a bonus daughter I got three years ago when we married. I include this because at the hospital last week the doctors had the nerve to ask me if my husband was nice to me, if we were in a happy marriage and blah blah blah. I recieved a pacemaker at 25, and I have been diagnosed with mitral valve prolapse. I have been having chest pain that radiates into my neck and left arm, shortness of breath, and dizzy spells. I was told in the er I would need an echo and other tests to rule out a heart attack. They did and EKG and blood work, kept me over night and sent me home. I am so fatigued and out of breath I an barely teach my fourth graders much less be a good mommy and wife. I have seen cardiologist again and new dr today. They say they don’t know what’s wrong. I am out of breath typing. My hospital records show my EKG as abnormal. It says my right atrium is enlarged and a heart attack cannot be ruled out. Now dr is out of town and nurse says go to er if it gets worse. What do I do?? Any ideas? The comments on this page made me angry for the women who get blown off but I feel better reading that I am not alone. I am praying for each of you! Any advice is welcome. Thank you for sharing and letting me share!!
I will be 26 in April, and have suffered from cronic migraines since I can remember. Over the years they have subsided andevolved mostly now are tension headaches. I just watched the Dr.Oz episode on women and heart Disease. I can say yes to ALL signs. Yet, before I would relate each symptom to other reasons. I have had heart flutters very randomly since high school. They occur mostly at rest, and sometimes so strong, it feels like my breath is being sucked out of my lungs. Its only 10-15seconds but rather notacible. I had my son 3yrs ago and during one of my visits, I mentioned it. They just said the only way we can monitor it to see what is really going on, is to have a monitor set on me for one night and hope it happens. But its SO random, it seems impossible to catch! Then theres, SOB, which I can relate to lack of excercise and weight gain after my csection. Then the fatigue and dizziness. I had a spell 2yrs ago now that sent me to ER concerned. I woke up just dizzy. No nausea, just spinning like I was drunk, lasting all day. They just sent me home with meds to treat the spinning. (Not the cause) I now wake up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom, ever since pregnancy, and 8 am allways unstable. But I just woke up, right? Then jaw, neck & shoulder pain….ALLWAYS! I have poor sleep habits, so Im thinking thats why. I never experienced the muscles in my jaw line until a massage several years ago, this lady caressed my face and jaw rather gently. Next day i was sore. I have been more aware of it ever since. I notice knots and lock-jaw-like symptoms. Ive asked my dentist, not concerned. Before pregnancy I was rather active, yet still a little over weight. Since my cesection, I cant ‘stomache’ excercise like I use to. Just up the stairs winds me. I can go out and dance still. So I dont know if all is related or just happens to be caused for different reasons. But the Heart flutters is definate concern. Ive had basic blood work and ekg but I feel like maybe theres more. Hummmm… What to do?
It is always the right choice to seek help from a doctor and continue to pursue it until you are comfortable with the information that you have received. The stress from uncertainty will only exacerbate any existing health problems. If you do not understand what your doctor has said or don’t feel that all of the options have been explored keeping pressing to find out why your doctor is not concerned by the things that concern you. If that means finding a new doctor do that. I know that there are people who over dramatize health concerns and create their symptoms in their mind, but that is a rare situation. Likely you are not that person. Press your doctor to do further tests or get him to explain why he does not feel they are necessary.
Hi Cystal, I was 29 when I had my heart attack, it will be a year on feb 10th, I was having pain on the right side of my neck and shortness of breath, my symptons was not the typical chest pains, heavy on the chest. In women are symptoms are can be flu like and can easily be passed over, my advise is to go to your doctor again and let him or her know what kind of symptoms your having, I believe everything is fine since your test came back ok but always listen to your body, it will tell you when something is wrong, I knew something was wrong for a month but ignored it so just make sure your are taking care of yourself.
I am 29 I have smoked for 17 years I have been having chest pain for the last year I have had blood tests and 2 ekgs everything was normal last night my heart started beating so hard and fast for no reason I was sitting down I also have anxiety after my heart slowed I got such a bad migrane was wondering if it was a heart thing or not today I have been having light pain under my left breast any input would be appreciated thank you
Im a 25 yr old female passed the ecg and stress test but ultrasound showed that one if my ventricles it is it is thickening and enlarged pumping harder.im overweight have pcos and this is a sign of early heart diease so watch out
When I had my heart attack at 33 after having my son (he was 6 weeks at the time) all of my ekg’s were normal, they only knew because of a blood test that shows rising levels of triponin (chemical released when you have a heart attack). I would demand one of these blood tests if your ekg is clean and you are having chest pains.
Hi, I’m 28 and a mother of 3. Over the past year, I have been having pain in the center of my chest, more like squeezing tightness, and I have times where I feel extremely tired and almost like I’m in low blood sugar. My tests came back normal. I have recently experienced swelling in my ankles and hands. I’m not sure what I should do because when I told my doctor how I felt, they did an ECG and said it was fine and that I was stressed. I didn’t know stress could cause edema. What are your thoughts? I appreciate the input.
Hi im a 23year old female and i have an 3 year old daughter and ive been to the hospital n all types of heart docoters because ive been having chest pains and all they keep tellin me is that I have anxity n panic attacks cuz I done had ever test there is to have done on my heart but it still feels like something is wrong please help me and tell me what should I do