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| Woman and Heart Disease: Symptoms differ between men and women |
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| | Cardiovascular disease is the nation’s number one killer of women and claims more lives every year than cancer, chronic lower respiratory diseases, and accidents combined. With that in mind, “Women need to be aware of the atypical symptoms they could be experiencing that could take their lives,” said Cardiologist Tracy Lawrence at a recent community lecture she presented at USC University Hospital. Dr. Lawrence pictured above at right, speaks with one of the seventy women who attended about some of these warning signs including: breathlessness with exertion, especially if it wakes you up at night; chest discomfort that starts behind the breast bone and radiates to either shoulder or arm, neck, or to the lower (but not upper) jaw; a sudden onset of weakness that won’t go away; a sudden racing heart sensation with a very fast pulse; or the physical inability to perform usual household chores. |
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