Heart Attack: Early Signs and Symptoms - Lakeview Hospital
Heart Attack: Early Signs and Symptoms - Lakeview Hospital
Cydney Vandyke, Chest Pain Coordinator at Lakeview Hospital in Bountiful, Utah talks about the early signs that may indicate a heart attack. She also talks about the unique symptoms that women have as compared to men.
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0.685 -> (gentle guitar music)
16.254 -> - Well the early signs and symptoms
18.1 -> of a heart attack sometime
are extremely vague.
21.014 -> They can have nausea,
they can have dizziness,
24.416 -> they can have back pain, shoulder
pain, neck pain, jaw pain.
30.337 -> They can have even abdominal pain,
32.879 -> and sometimes things happen
36.268 -> and they tend to deny that
that's what's happening.
39.469 -> They have another reason for
40.671 -> why they're having these symptoms.
44.015 -> And the problem is, they can
be masking a heart attack
49.579 -> and the early signs are easier to treat.
56.847 -> Kind of listen to your body.
58.983 -> If you tend to get heartburn
normally, it might be heartburn
64.254 -> If you take something that
usually works for your heartburn,
68.608 -> and it doesn't work, then
probably you should start
71.963 -> being a little concerned,
especially if they are
75.469 -> in conjunction with other symptoms.
78.697 -> If you have that nausea
and heartburn feeling
81.808 -> along with an ache in your shoulder,
85.558 -> or if you have jaw pain
that doesn't feel right,
88.948 -> that doesn't feel like it's a tooth.
91.201 -> Then if things seem
too not normal for you,
96.188 -> you need to listen to your own body,
98.22 -> but also, don't talk yourself
out of those kinds of things.
103.166 -> It really is a fine line.
108.843 -> Time is muscle, and 85%
of your heart damage
113.942 -> occurs in the first two hours
115.777 -> when you're having a heart attack.
117.623 -> All the literature for
early heart attack care says
120.189 -> "heart attacks have beginnings"
122.395 -> and those are your beginning signs,
124.972 -> and if you catch things in the beginning,
127.329 -> you can, perhaps even ward off
130.748 -> the big heart attack.
136.799 -> We have a wonderful cath lab here.
140.235 -> We have wonderful cardiologists,
142.313 -> very intelligent, very kind,
144.825 -> very up-to-date.
147.812 -> We are on call 24/7.
154.07 -> Women are very different; a lot of times
156.357 -> their chest pain and heart
attacks are much more subtle.
160.27 -> Sometimes they'll never have a chest pain,
162.441 -> they'll have back pain,
they'll have nausea,
164.728 -> they will have extreme fatigue,
167.433 -> they will have symptoms
that they really can
170.951 -> more readily excuse away.
173.517 -> If this is something
that is not your norm,
176.651 -> then you definitely need to get help,
180.285 -> and calling 911 is not a crazy thing,
183.757 -> it's going to save your heart muscle.
187.065 -> (gentle guitar music)
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70iKoVmx_-w