Heart disease symptoms for women

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Avatar m tn Women have different, more subtle symptoms of heart disease than men. Mild chest discomfort or none at all is possible along with back pain, fatigue and nausea. Because you have the number one risk factor, being a smoker, you need to get checked out. Call a local hospital and ask about your situation, they may have a program for you, but don't wait until it's too late.
976897 tn?1379167602 It would appear from some papers published that Heart disease in women used to be a lot less in numbers than in Men, especially up to a certain age. I think this is why so many Doctors dismissed heart problems in women with typical symptoms and some still do. However, it has been realised that since women have taken the roles they have in the work place, heart disease is definitely on the increase for them. It seems the more stressful the job, the worse their condition becomes.
Avatar n tn People with lupus of mixed connective tissue disease are at higher risk for develping coronary or valvular heart disease. Given that your symptoms have been going on for some time now, albeit, atypical probably warrant further workup. The most concerning would be the chest pain, although, you describe it as atypical. Unfortunately, women tend to present atypically and I would hate write this off to something else without doing a thorough work-up.
Avatar m tn It seems like anxiety is listed with the same symptoms as heart disease what is the difference other than anxiety attacks
Avatar n tn He then suggested going for a treadmill stress test which I did today. I got my heart rate up to the required 160 bpm with no pain etc. The results of the stress test were "normal". I am now reading that stress tests in woman very often given false negative results. I don't have high bp, or high chlosterol, I am overweight and wroking on getting it down, no diabetis etc. Realistically no risk factors.
Avatar n tn I've had a murmur for decades and never experienced any heart pain.
Avatar f tn At the initial study visit, a similar proportion of men and women (about 60% of each) tested negative for Lyme disease using the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s recommended two-tier testing criteria for serodiagnosis. At the first post-treatment interview, 70% of women who tested negative at the first pre-treatment visit remained negative, compared with only 35% of the men who initially tested negative." Compare these findings with those I posted at http://www.medhelp.
Avatar n tn The symptoms for acid reflux and heart problems are very similar and often one is mistaken for the other. I spent a whole year on acid reflux medication before having a heart attack. I kept trying to explain that the throat discomfort I had was something I had never experienced in my 46 years of life, but unfortunately that didn't seem to matter. I too never suffered shortness of breath.
Avatar n tn As I look back now I had been having symptoms for at least a year but I dismissed these symptoms as being caused by other things ie my hand tremors,spurts of rapid heart rate, boundless energy, and anxiousness must have been my morning coffee (2 cups for years never a prob before), the sweating was because it was so warm (but no one else around me felt as warm), the irritability my PMS which had gotten to be often.
Avatar f tn Female, post menopausal, no menses for last 5 years I have taken the following meds since 1999 for a brain injury following car accident In a.m. 300 mg neurontin, 75mg Effexor X-ray, 450 mg Wellbutrin XML In p.m.
Avatar f tn im 25 years old and a smoker for many years. there is no heart disease that runs in my family that im aware of. but at my age can i still have a heart attack...lately i get constant pain up and down my arms and into my shoulders then center of my chest hurts and it feels heavy but not real bad it kinda feels like heart burn. the pain in my arms will only be in one arm at a time. the past 2 days the pain in arm and chest comes and goes..
Avatar n tn In coronary MVD, plaque can scatter, spread out evenly, or build up into blockages in the tiny coronary arteries. Spasms (vessel tighting) of the small coronary arteries also can prevent enough oxygen-rich blood from moving through the arteries. This too can cause ischemic heart disease. Symptoms would be angina or no pain with exertion.
Avatar m tn thanks for the answer. This is regarding the answer i received for my father who is 78 yrs old with LMCA 70% stenosis It is LMCA 70% stenosis at ostium extending upto the ostia of LAD and LCX OM1 85% stenosis at the mid segment. So i would like to know if Angioplasty is an option .
Avatar f tn A stress test is a very simple and easy test to do. It will tell if you have any irregularities with your heart. Remember that heart disease is the number one killer of both men and women in the U.S. It is always best to find and treat it in its early stages. Shortness of breath is not a symptoms of liver disease until someone develops advanced End Stage Liver Disease (ESLD). This occurs when the liver is no longer able to perform its functions.
352007 tn?1372857881 For those who are women and are diagnosed with MS who are premenapausal as well as postmenapausal with hormonal therapy, do you find that prior to your menses that you're symptoms worsen or every other month or does nothing happen at all?
Avatar m tn A small number of people who have MVP may need medicines to relieve their symptoms. Very few people who have MVP need heart valve surgery to repair their mitral valves. Rarely, MVP can cause complications such as arrhythmias (irregular heartbeats) or infective endocarditis. Endocarditis is an infection of the inner lining of the heart chambers and valves. Bacteria that enter the bloodstream can cause the infection.
Avatar m tn Maybe the diagnosis of RVH is from the machine itself and the Doctor is accounting for this by the RBB block. What was the reason for the ECG in the first place, are you having specific symptoms? If you have symptoms and you went to your normal Doctor, I would go to the hospital to be checked out if you are able to do that. When I feel anything strange with my heart I always bypass my regular Doctor and go to the expert.
Avatar f tn However, there are occasions where the presence of ectopic beats signifies a susceptibility towards more serious irregular heartbeats if there is heart disease present....Does you doctor believe there is heart muscle sensitivities that may be the underlying cause ectopic beats, or does your doctor believe based on tests, etc. the ectopic beats are medically insignificant?
Avatar n tn The guidelines are not to treat any lesion less than 70% (exception would be if there are symptoms such as chest pain), if there is treatment for symptoms, then medication. If medication does not effectively treat the lesion, then a stent implant. Sometimes stents are not a solution because the lesion is too long, difficult to assess, etc. then a bypass. COURAGE study has concluded there is no difference for longivity with any of the 3 therapies (google for more information if interested).