> Learn the warning signs and call 911 if in doubt.
I'd be super-dead if not for this advice. Few years ago I was 34 years old. Only moderately overweight, and I was very healthy in general.
One night I had pain and tightness in my chest. This isn't really anything new, because I have asthma and sometimes it feels like that. But then I noticed pain radiating from my chest down the inside of my arm. I realized that was one of the signs of a heart attack.
Got to the hospital just in time. Almost went into cardiac arrest in the ER. Lips were blue, heart rate began to plummet, etc.
It turns out it wasn't a heart attack, actually - it was peridcarditis, an inflammation of the lining around the heart. In severe cases (although this seems rare) it can swell so much that your heart can't pump effectively. You can die. I almost did.
Moral of the story doesn't change! Even if you're young and healthy, get to a hospital if you feel something in your chest.
One night I had pain and tightness in my chest. This isn't really anything new, because I have asthma and sometimes it feels like that. But then I noticed pain radiating from my chest down the inside of my arm. I realized that was one of the signs of a heart attack.
Got to the hospital just in time. Almost went into cardiac arrest in the ER. Lips were blue, heart rate began to plummet, etc.
It turns out it wasn't a heart attack, actually - it was peridcarditis, an inflammation of the lining around the heart. In severe cases (although this seems rare) it can swell so much that your heart can't pump effectively. You can die. I almost did.
Moral of the story doesn't change! Even if you're young and healthy, get to a hospital if you feel something in your chest.