5. Excessive Sweat
The first sign that points to a heart attack is unusual sweating. It can happen anytime and it is usually in women. Sometimes it is confused with menopause symptoms. You might also experience sweaty skin, flu or stickiness. It can be really excessive at night that you might even wake up with wet sheets.
6. Chest Pain
Chest pain can be experienced by both men and women. Men needn’t ignore this symptom. About 30% of women are actually affected by this. This type of pain happens in both hands, especially the left one. Also, the lower jaw, neck, shoulder, even abdomen. It can be also short or long.
What are the Risk Factors?
The most common risk factors of a heart attack are obesity, smoking and lack of physical activity. Nevertheless, these are some of many. Still, there are some other factors that really matter, but people do not notice. For instance:
- Men may experience hair growth in the ear canal.
- When walking, you experience light tenderness in the calf muscles.
- The inner corner of your eye has yellow patches.
- Earlobe Crease
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