Fatigue
Women are more likely to experience fatigue but less likely to notice it as an indication of a heart attack than males. According to the American Heart Association, some women may even mistake the signs of a heart attack for the illness.
A heart attack might tire you because your heart has to work harder to pump blood to your body when part of its blood supply is blocked. Angela Brittsan, a cardiologist at Franciscan Physician Network Indiana Heart Physicians Indianapolis, says elevated blood pressure may increase heart muscle mass, thickness, and congestive heart failure risk. In addition, blockages in coronary arteries reduce blood flow to the heart muscle, which makes patients weary.
Research published on Monday in Circulation revealed that 95% of 515 individuals who had heart attacks experienced unusual weariness and insomnia up to a month before their incident.
According to the poll, the most prevalent symptoms were unexplained or unusual tiredness (71%), sleep difficulty (48%), shortness of breath (42%), indigestion (39%), and worry (35%). Only 30% reported chest discomfort before the heart attack.
Only one-third of the women in this research had chest pain during their heart attacks. Instead, they had shortness of breath, weakness, exhaustion, clammy perspiration, dizziness, and nausea.
