One of the reasons women wait longer to call for help is that they don’t know that heart attack symptoms for women are sometimes different from men’s, according to the study’s author and experts interviewed by HuffPost after its release. It’s possible for women to experience the classic chest-clutching, arm-numbing signs of heart attack, but sometimes they’re far less obvious. A Women’s Disease Too During her residency, Goldberg once heard a doctor say women don’t get heart disease. Then in 1990 a female patient came in with what she suspected were symptoms of a heart attack. Zinkevych via Getty Images Heart attack symptoms in women can include throat, neck, chest, stomach or shoulder pain that lasts for more than 15 minutes.

Source: Huffington Post December 14, 2018 22:41 UTC