Because the arteries are clogged when the heart attacks, blood does not go to the cells that feed the heart, and we feel it as a very severe pain.
Usually, patients describe it as severe pressure in the middle of the chest. Many times this pain spreads to the left side of the heart, towards the left arm, sometimes in the ridge, towards the jaw. It can rarely spread to the stomach and right arm.
Chest pain that occurs with heart attack is usually a very severe pain, accompanied by sweating. The patient may have difficulty breathing. The heart can feel palpitations due to arrhythmia. The feeling of fainting and a fear of death can come.
Symptoms of heart attack
- Severe chest pain
- Sweating
- Difficulty breathing
- Palpitations due to heart rhythm disorder
- The feeling of fainting
- Fear of death
A heart attack can also be very quiet at times. Although it is a very severe pain in general, there may be heart attacks with mild pain.
A slight pain in the middle of the chest, the strain when it walks, a heart attack may also occur with a few hours of pain that doesn't matter.