can upper back pain be a sign of heart attack?
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Women are more likely to experience subtler heart attack symptoms, such as pain in the upper back. Upper back pain can be a sign of a heart attack, especially in women.
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Symptoms vary between men and women As with men, women's most common heart attack symptom is chest pain (angina) or discomfort. But women are somewhat more likely than men to experience some of the other common symptoms, particularly shortness of breath, nausea/vomiting, and back or jaw pain.
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Heart or blood vessel problems that can cause chest pain: Angina or a heart attack. The most common symptom is chest pain that may feel like tightness, heavy pressure, squeezing, or crushing pain. The pain may spread to the arm, shoulder, jaw, or back.
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Typical heart attack signs and symptoms include: Pressure, tightness, pain, or a squeezing or aching sensation in your chest or arms that may spread to your neck, jaw or back. Nausea, indigestion, heartburn or abdominal pain.
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Jaw Pain, Earache, Headache or Toothache Pain from a heart attack can spread down both arms and to the jaw or head. Some people report a headache, earache, or tooth pain as a symptom during a heart attack. You can experience this pain with, or without, chest pain when you have a heart attack.
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Heart attack pain happens when one of the arteries supplying the heart becomes blocked. Angina is a similar chest pain caused when these arteries are narrowed by heart disease. Heartburn is a burning pain often felt in the upper belly or lower chest. It is caused by stomach acid going back up the food pipe.
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Classic Heart Attack Symptoms: Pain radiating to jaw, neck, shoulders, arms. With the pain: shortness of breath. Nausea or vomiting. Dizziness, lightheadedness.
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Catch the signs early Pay attention to your body and call 911 if you experience: Chest discomfort. Most heart attacks involve discomfort in the center of the chest that lasts more than a few minutes – or it may go away and then return. It can feel like uncomfortable pressure, squeezing, fullness or pain.
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['Uncomfortable pressure, squeezing, fullness or pain in the center of your chest. ... ', 'Pain or discomfort in one or both arms, the back, neck, jaw or stomach.', 'Shortness of breath with or without chest discomfort.', 'Other signs such as breaking out in a cold sweat, nausea or lightheadedness.']
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Timing/duration: Heart attack pain can be intermittent or continuous. Heart attack symptoms can last for a few minutes to a few hours. If you have had chest pain continuously for several days, weeks or months, then it is unlikely to be caused by a heart attack.
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You may be having a heart attack if you feel: Pain, pressure, or squeezing in your chest, particularly a little to the left side. Pain or pressure in your upper body like your neck, jawline, back, stomach, or in one or both of your arms (especially your left) Shortness of breath.
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We call this referred pain. Timing/duration: Heart attack pain can be intermittent or continuous. Heart attack symptoms can last for a few minutes to a few hours. If you have had chest pain continuously for several days, weeks or months, then it is unlikely to be caused by a heart attack.
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Upper right back pain when breathing Pain in the back can sometimes feel worse when you take a deep breath. This is because the vertebrae of the spine are connected to your rib cage. Usually, this is nothing to worry about. But sometimes, this type of pain can signal a pulmonary embolism (blood clot in the lung).
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Sometimes the pain of heart attack is described as stomach pain, or pain in the middle of the upper abdomen. The pain usually feels more like discomfort of heaviness rather than sharp, stabbing pain, and the pain tends to persist more than a few minutes. This can occur with or without pain in the true chest area.
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It's usually due to neck muscle strain. But neck pain is also a common symptom of a heart attack. Protect your heart by recognizing when your neck pain is more than a temporary strain and might be due to a problem with your heart.
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Heart or blood vessel problems that can cause chest pain: Angina or a heart attack. The most common symptom is chest pain that may feel like tightness, heavy pressure, squeezing, or crushing pain.