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Heart attack victims can experience pain in many different ways, on many different parts of their body. Pain in the chest is not just the only symptom of experiencing a heart attack.
Some of the symptoms of a heart attach are heartburn, gas, tingling in either of the arms, pain in the lower part of your arms, dizziness, numbness in the hands and or fingers, excessive sweating, neck pain, jaw pain and or shoulder pain. A person knows their own body and if a person is feeling "different" in any way and is experiencing any type of pain anywhere on their body they should go to an emergency room or a doctor and get checked out.
A common test that is performed on a person who might be experiencing a heart attack is an EKG, which sometimes cannot give accurate results. The EKG may give a read out of a normal heart rhythm, and a person can still be experiencing a heat attack.
If an EKG test has been performed and the results are normal, but you are still experiencing pain or still have concerns, ask your doctor to perform a blood test on you. A blood test can detect the level of the enzymes in your heart. There are three different enzymes in your heart and if just one of these enzyme's readings results are a little high, this could mean you are having a heart attack.
It has been determined by many physicians that taking an aspirin a day can help prevent heart attacks. Always get your doctor's opinion before taking any type of medication.
Don't be embarrassed to go get checked out. Be safe rather than be sorry.
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