Comments on: What Is The Main Symptom Of An Impending Heart Attack/stroke?

By: nutteror

nutteror — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 10:35:10 +0000

Angina (chest pain), increasing with physical activity, such as walking.

By: Lawand

Lawand — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 10:22:48 +0000

im with dr frank ….. i do home care and most times are people have no warning at all ….. the most common symptom we see if the face drops … in that case we just phone 999 and if any one has pains + cold to the Touch and clammy

By: gangadharan nair

gangadharan nair — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 09:45:51 +0000

If you believe you are experiencing a heart attack or stroke, call 911 or contact your emergency response system immediately.
If you are with someone who is experiencing these symptoms and cannot reach 911, drive them to the hospital immediately. If you are experiencing the symptoms yourself, have someone else drive you.
Signs of a Heart Attack
Common Symptoms
-Chest Pain, usually radiating toward the left shoulder and arm. The arm may be tingling or numb.
-Nausea, vomiting
-Cold sweats, shortness of breath and lightheadedness
-Feeling of indigestion
-Dizziness, weakness, and fainting
-Abdominal pain
Signs of a Stroke
Common Symptoms:
-Sudden numbness or weakness of the face, arm or leg, especially on one side of the body
-Sudden confusion, trouble speaking or understanding
-Sudden trouble seeing in one or both eyes
-Sudden trouble walking, dizziness, loss of balance or coordination
-Sudden, severe headache with no known cause

By: Dr Frank

Dr Frank — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 09:01:35 +0000

More serious conditions that can lead to light-headedness include heart problems (such as abnormal heart rhythm or heart attack), stroke, and severe drop in blood pressure (shock). If any of these serious disorders is present, you will usually have additional symptoms like chest pain, a feeling of a racing heart, loss of speech, change in vision, or other symptoms.
Important risk factors are previous cardiovascular disease (such as angina, a previous heart attack or stroke), older age (especially men over 40 and women over 50), tobacco smoking, high blood levels of certain lipids (triglycerides, low-density lipoprotein or “bad cholesterol”) and low levels of high density lipoprotein (HDL, “good cholesterol”), diabetes, high blood pressure, obesity, chronic kidney disease, heart failure, excessive alcohol consumption, the abuse of certain drugs (such as cocaine and methamphetamine), and chronic high stress levels.
By definition, an episode of transient ischemic attack (TIA) is brief and recovery is complete. It may recur later that same day or at a later time. Some people have only a single episode, some have recurrent episodes, and some will have a stroke. A TIA needs to be treated as aggressively as a stroke would, as any given TIA could develop into a stroke.

By: Jeevaraj K

Jeevaraj K — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 08:47:19 +0000

Many patients are going to have no warning symptoms at all. Even angina only tells the patient that they have iscaemic heart disease, not that they are teetering on the brink of a myocardial infarction. Also many patients with TIAs do not go on to have strokes and many patients who have a stroke have never had a TIA.