The number of Russians experiencing symptoms that were not previously considered signs of a heart attack has increased.
Moreover, heart attacks are diagnosed not only in the elderly, but also in young people.
Cardiologist Yulia Marshintseva told RIA Novosti in an interview that heart attacks have not only become younger, but have also acquired less obvious symptoms.
Numbness in the fingers and mild pain in the heart and on the right side of the chest may indicate a heart attack.
Previously, it was believed that such symptoms indicated a hernia or protrusion in the spine. But practice shows that in such cases the patient may have a heart attack.
Another insidious sign is related to teeth. Pain appears, which forces you to go to the dentist. The doctor finds caries, treats it, but the pain does not go away.
After this, they do an ECG and identify the acute period of a heart attack, the cardiologist said.
Also, a heart attack can cause pain not only in the chest. Sometimes people experience abdominal pain, as with appendicitis.
To eliminate all risks, the doctor advises doing an ECG for such pain. This is a simple and reliable way to minimize all risks, the cardiologist summarized.
