12 cardiac symptoms women must never ignore

  by Carolyn Thomas    @HeartSisters

Did you know that women generally fare far worse than men after experiencing a cardiac event? One possible reason is that it can be confusing to make sense of warning symptoms when they do hit. Women are also less likely than our male counterparts to seek immediate help at the first sign of cardiac symptoms. Instead, we end up:

  • toughing them out
  • waiting to see if they go away
  • blaming them on stress, muscle soreness, indigestion or other less serious non-cardiac causes

If the following 12 potential heart attack symptoms occur – alone or in combination, and especially if they feel unusual for you, you must act immediately:   Continue reading “12 cardiac symptoms women must never ignore”

WomenHeart: “Still gender disparities in treating women’s heart attacks”

February is Heart Month!  Watch this compelling video for shocking updates on how women’s heart attack symptoms are often not taken seriously by medical professionals. Please help to increase awareness of women’s heart disease – our #1 killer – by spreading the word to as many women as possible.  For more information, visit WomenHeart: The National Coalition For Women With Heart Disease.

 

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Heart Sisters featured in Heart Month interviews

by Carolyn Thomas  ♥   @HeartSisters

Every month, the U.S. government’s ‘Office On Women’s Health’ newsletter Healthy Women Today features a column called Spotlight on Women’s Health.  This monthly column includes interviews with medical professionals or people living with a variety of medical conditions.

“We ask the questions we know you’re interested in, so that we may provide an inside look at women’s health,” their editor explains.

February is Heart Month – and to mark this important awareness initiative for women, the Healthy Women Today editor interviewed me for their February issue about being misdiagnosed and sent home from the E.R. during my heart attack.

NOTE: This interview is no longer available.