If you mean warning signs that something may be wrong with your heart, these are important to pay attention to:
🚨 Get emergency help immediately if you have
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Pressure, squeezing, heaviness, or pain in the chest, especially if it lasts more than a few minutes or comes and goes.
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Chest discomfort spreading to the arm, shoulder, back, neck, jaw, or upper abdomen.
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Severe shortness of breath, with or without chest pain.
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Fainting or near-fainting, particularly with chest discomfort or palpitations.
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A sudden cold sweat, nausea, or unexplained extreme weakness together with chest symptoms.
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A very fast, irregular, or pounding heartbeat accompanied by chest pain, severe breathlessness, dizziness, or fainting.
Heart attacks don’t always cause dramatic chest pain. Symptoms can sometimes be milder or present mainly as breathlessness, unusual fatigue, nausea, or discomfort elsewhere.
Other symptoms worth getting checked
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Breathlessness during ordinary activity or when lying down.
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New or worsening swelling of the ankles, legs, or abdomen.
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Persistent unusual fatigue or reduced exercise tolerance.
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Recurrent palpitations or an irregular heartbeat.
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Dizziness or episodes of almost fainting.
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Waking at night feeling short of breath.
If you’re having chest pain or severe breathing difficulty right now, don’t wait for an online assessment—seek emergency medical care.
