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Learning how to recognize
a heart attack quickly and

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calling 911 immediately,
can be the difference

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between life and death.

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More and more, we are
learning that a fast

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response to a heart attack
can make a huge difference

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in how serious the attack
is and how much damage it

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causes.

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"I went to play basketball
with some friends that

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night. And we were
literally minutes away

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from wrapping up the
last game when I started

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experiencing some
shortness of breath."

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Some people know right
away that they are having

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a heart attack. But it's
not always easy to tell.

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"So, you know, I just felt
something off and that was

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enough to me to say,
"Guys, there's something

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going on here and you
better call 911 because

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it's unusual." And again,
even at that point, with

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chest pain, never imagined
that it was a heart

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attack."

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Some heart attack symptoms
come on suddenly and are

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intense. They can go away
and come back, but most

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start slowly.

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"I felt a little funny,
just like my chest started

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to get tight, and I went,
I sat at our table. I

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drank a little water, and
I still had this feeling,

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and I told him, I said,
look, I don't feel well."

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For men and women, a
heart attack may feel like

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squeezing, pressure,
heaviness or pain in the

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chest.

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You may feel discomfort
starting in the chest and

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spreading to other areas.

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Or the pain or discomfort
may be in other areas of

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the upper body like one
or both arms, the back,

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shoulder, neck,
jaw or stomach.

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"I woke up and had pain in
my wrist and hand, didn't

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think much of it and
got up and went about my

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normal day..."

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The discomfort is not
always severe. It may feel

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more like muscle aches or
even indigestion. "About

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18 hours later I couldn't
lie flat, I couldn't

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breathe right and so
that's when we went to the

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hospital, my
husband drove me."

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Other warning signs of a
heart attack may include a

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fast or irregular
heartbeat, shortness of

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breath, numbness or
tingling in one or both

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arms, cold sweat, nausea,
vomiting, light-headedness

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or dizziness.

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"I think what I would like
to tell somebody is that

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my symptoms were not
the ones I had heard of

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before, like pain or
something in your arm or

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feeling nauseous. I didn't
feel that. I felt this

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horrible pressure in my
chest. I would tell people

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like it was a 300-pound
man standing in my chest,

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and then the horrific pain
in my neck. It actually

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felt like someone was
squeezing my neck. Those

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were the two symptoms I
think I was the most scary

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about because I'd never
felt anything like that."

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Women can experience
different symptoms than

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men.

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They can have chest pain
or discomfort, but women

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can have a heart attack
without chest pain or

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discomfort.

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Instead, they are more
likely than men to

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experience: shortness
of breath; weakness;

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dizziness, lightheadedness
or fainting; cold sweat or

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sweating; unusual or
extreme fatigue; nausea or

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vomiting; back or jaw
pain; lower chest or upper

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abdomen pressure or pain;
upper back or shoulder

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pain that spreads to
the arms; or sleep

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disturbances.

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"Symptoms for heart
disease differ for both

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men and women. Men have
more classic symptoms,

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such as chest pressure
or chest squeezing, chest

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tightness. Women rarely
have these symptoms and

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they have symptoms such
as shortness of breath,

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indigestion, scapular
pain, or simply fatigue."

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Heart disease is the
leading cause of death in

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the US for both
men and women.,

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Some symptoms of heart
disease, such as chest

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pains or pressure caused
by angina, may be relieved

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with rest or medicine.

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True heart attack symptoms
do not usually go away

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quickly with rest.

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Fortunately, a heart
attack does not have to

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mean disaster. Today,
damage from a heart attack

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can be limited, if you
recognize the signs and

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symptoms of a heart
attack and get treatment

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quickly.