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The 5 Symptoms of a Heart Attack: Do You Know Them?

by Liberty on July 10th, 2008

At first, when I read in Shape magazine that 69 percent of all people don’t know all five of the classic heart attack symptoms, I was shocked! Amazed! Appalled!

That is, until I realized I didn’t know all five of them either. Doh!

But with heart disease affecting more younger people and women all the time - not to mention those you’d “expect” to be stricken - I made it my business to learn real quick what these telltale signs are. Do you know them?

1. Pain or pressure in the chest

2. Shortness of breath

3. Pulsating pain in the jaw, neck or back

4. Feelings of weakness or light-headedness

5. Radiating pain in the arms or shoulders

So…how’d you do? Whether you aced naming all five or you only got the obvious (chest pain), you can learn all kinds of stuff about the heart at our own sister blog, A Hearty Life.

And remember, regardless of how resilient and untouchable you believe you are, if you find yourself experiencing any of these symptoms, give your doc (or emergency personnel) a call in a hurry.

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