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What are the signs when you get a heart attack and stroke?

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Dr. Pankaj Kulshrestha answered

Specializes in Thoracic Surgery

Heart attack : Heart attack: pain chest, arm, jaw, back. Fatigue, shortness of breath. Stroke: paralysis, numbness, facial droop. Altered speech etc.

Answered 9/29/2020

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Dr. Creighton Wright answered

Specializes in surgery

Chest and brain: Heart attack is damage to heart stroke is damage to brain some heart attack patients may be from emboli, or have low cardiac output and also damage brain with hypoxia both have some common risk! smoking obesity high blood pressure diabetes hyperlipemia prevention is best acute care is an emergency. Call 911, take an Aspirin and go to er.

Answered 6/24/2014

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Sxs: Heart attack sx can include: chest pain or tightness, shortness of breath, increased sweating pain or numbness radiating down the arm (more often left than right) and nausea. There could be pain in the upper back, head, jaw or teeth. One fourth of people have heart attacks without chest pain. Stroke symptoms can include a severe and sudden headache. There can also be nausea & vomiting.

Answered 5/24/2013

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