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Signs & Symptoms of Light Heart Attack

Are you having a heart attack? You may be and might not even know it. Having a heart attack is frightening and not always as it appears in the movies or on TV with a person clutching their chest in pain and falling to the ground. Heart attacks can be mild, but they should always be treated because they can get progressively worse throughout a person's life and eventually be catastrophic.

  1. Discomfort

    • One of the symptoms of a mild heart attack is a discomfort in the chest. This can be described as pressure, a feeling of fullness or pain that goes away or goes away and comes back. Discomfort or pain in the arms, jaw, back or stomach can also be signs of a heart attack. Pain or discomfort occurs when the limbs, heart or other areas are not getting enough blood.

    Shortness of Breath

    • One major symptom of a heart attack is shortness of breath. Shortness of breath can occur for many other conditions, like asthma or allergies, but is also prominent during a heart attack due to the seepage of fluid into the air spaces in the lungs.

    General Fatigue and Other Signs

    • A feeling of overall tiredness can be attributed to a heart condition, but often a person will just attribute it to age. Compensating by gradually reducing activity level is common but does not solve the problem. Other signs of a light heart attack include nausea, a feeling of light-headedness or breaking out in a cold sweat.

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