Associate Professor from Memorial Şişli Hospital Cardiology Department. Dr. Hatice Betül Erer gave information about heart pain and heart attack symptoms for "Heart Health Week".
Assoc. Dr. Hatice Betül Erer said, “Heart pain that comes on suddenly and causes panic, often mistaken for a heart attack, can develop for many reasons. This irritating pain, which is also seen in patients who have had a heart attack, should not be ignored and heart controls should be performed by going to a health institution as soon as possible. she said.
Erer stated that stomach pain complaints are among the symptoms of an instantaneous heart attack and continued as follows:
“Besides a heart attack, the main symptom of cardiovascular disease is heart pain and arm numbness. The typical chest pain seen in cardiovascular diseases is a pressure pain in the anterior part of the chest and may spread to the arms and neck. It typically develops with exertion, as well as at rest. It also decreases and disappears within minutes when the patient rests. It does not disappear within minutes in common vascular diseases or heart spasm and continues for hours. Nervous and muscular system disorders in the thoracic cage, chest pains in lung disorders may occur due to non-cardiac causes and can continue for days.
“Muscle, nerve diseases and neck hernias also present with arm numbness.” said Assoc. Dr. Hatice Betül Erer said, “Stomach pain complaints are among the symptoms of an instantaneous heart attack. Although the center of pain is the heart, contractions and compressions can be felt in other internal organs due to the intensity of this pain and pain. she used the phrase.
Associate Professor from Memorial Şişli Hospital Cardiology Department. Dr. Hatice Betül Erer emphasized that heart attack symptoms usually start suddenly, but they can become noticeable gradually.
Assoc. Dr. Hatice Betül Erer listed the 9 symptoms of a heart attack as follows:
- A strong feeling of tightness or pressure in the chest
- stabbing, burning, or pressing pain behind the breastbone
- Pain radiating to the left or right arm, back, neck, or upper abdomen
- Upper body pain or numbness that may radiate to the shoulders, throat, neck, and jaw
- Shortness of breath
- Nausea, vomiting
- Sweating or cold sweats
- Pallor
- Dizziness