According to the American Heart Association, a heart attack in women can present a different set of symptoms than those in men.
While chest pain and tightness are among the first signs that can occur in both men and women, the following signs are more likely to report other symptoms including nausea, sweating, vomiting vomiting, pain in the neck, jaw, throat, abdomen or back, or possibly unconsciousness.
Men are more likely to experience shortness of breath, jaw and shoulder pain, and nausea in others.
Another reason men and women experience different symptoms is that while men are more likely to have plaque build-up in the large arteries that supply blood to the heart, women are more likely to experience it. accumulate in the smaller arteries of the heart. This therefore alters the course of symptoms in men compared with women.
