Is it a Panic Attack or Heart Attack? Know the Difference! - Presentation Transcript
Is it a Panic Attack Or a Heart Attack?
What’s Really Happening During a Panic Attack
The physical symptoms of a panic attack are triggered by an offset in breathing (usually hyperventilation).
Your heart isn’t being strained.
It’s being thrown into a natural
fight or flight response.
Common Symptoms
Chest pain from a heart attack is focused in the center of the chest and is crushing, as if a heavy weight is sitting on top of the chest. It is usually persistent, may radiate to the left arm, neck or back and lasts longer
than 5 - 10 minutes.
Subtle Differences
In Heart Attacks, tingling is confined to the left arm. Panic Attacks create an “all over” tingling sensation
Heart Attacks are often accompanied with vomiting or diarrhea. Panic attacks may
cause nausea, but vomiting is rare.
Subtle Differences
Hyperventilation almost always precedes panic attack symptoms
Chest pain from heart attacks will usually go away and then reappear minutes
later. Panic Attack chest pain is
constant until it subsides.
Cut Down on Stress
No matter what, stress is NEVER good for your overall health so it’s important to start treating your panic and anxiety right away.
The truth is if you’re not a smoker, you don’t have high blood pressure, obesity, have a family history of heart attack,
Because it’s so common to mistake the chest pains more
Because it’s so common to mistake the chest pains that normally accompany panic attacks for a life threatening heart attack, this article will clear up the confusion and differentiate between the two. Upfront, I just want to say that people don’t die from panic attacks. less
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