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I think it depends on the individual. Some people experience symptoms of a heart attack, but ignore them because they believe it's caused by something else. I suggest you Google heart attacks and get your information from reliable sources like the Mayo Clinic. I'm only saying this because all heart attacks include intense chest pain. I hope you find the information that you're looking for.
Heart attack pain and symptoms vary with an individuals health and lifestyle. Some even occur while sleeping.
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I think it depends on the individual. Some people experience symptoms of a heart attack, but ignore them because they believe it's caused by something else. I suggest you Google heart attacks and get your information from reliable sources like the Mayo Clinic. I'm only saying this because all heart attacks include intense chest pain. I hope you find the information that you're looking for.
Did you mean to say NOT all heart attacks include intense chest pain?
All I can tell you is that my husband died suddenly of a massive heart attack. It happened while he was driving but thankfully he had just pulled out of a convenience store parking lot so he was going slowly. He never even hit the brakes, and never "clinched up." The medical examiner told me that she didn't think he ever felt a thing and there was no indication that he did.
He did tell me a couple of times over the month before that he felt a bit "off," and that he wanted to go back to the cardiologist (in between appointments) when he got back from New Mexico, but he never seemed to be in any significant pain and his chest never hurt him a bit. The only pain he complained about was some mild and transient jaw pain, which he actually thought was probably due to clenching his jaw at night, but his blood pressure had become a bit more erratic - never super high but still, it was worrying him enough to make him want to go back in and get it adjusted.
He had never missed a cardiologist appointment and had recently passed a cardio exam including an EKG with flying colors.
I think the pain varies a lot depending on the type of heart attack, the individual, etc.
When my husband's body finally got back here, he looked so incredibly peaceful and he even had a little smile on his face - I thought it was my imagination but other people told me the same thing. Ironically, I had known a woman who was actually murdered and she looked very different at her visitation - her face looked distraught.
I don't know - not sure anyone COULD know. But there was zero evidence of any pain with my husband's heart attack. In fact, he had just gotten a cup of coffee at the convenience store and not a drop of it was spilled. His truck was barely damaged even though he ran off the road.
I heard a man describe a massive heart attack that almost killed him. He said it literally felt like an elephant sitting on his chest, but he didn’t mention pain. That’s a common description, I believe. Sounds painful to me, though.
I heard a man describe a massive heart attack that almost killed him. He said it literally felt like an elephant sitting on his chest, but he didn’t mention pain. That’s a common description, I believe. Sounds painful to me, though.
I guess if you're conscious it could really be painful but sometimes people lose consciousness immediately. I hope it was that way with my husband. He seemed to feel 100 percent normal the evening before when we talked on the phone, and there was no indication he felt odd that morning either.
My Dad had no pain from his heart attack. This was expected, since he never had any chest pain during any of his 5 angioplasty procedures that were done over a 30 year period.
I had a neighbor who's husband died of a heart attack during the night. She said that he felt sick, was having some discomfort, and sweating. He told her he was fine and didn't need to go to the hospital. They went to bed and he died sometime in the night. I'm guessing he didn't feel great, but he probably didn't have enough pain that he thought he was going to die.
Many people seem to ignore heart attack symptoms. I've heard angina can be painful though, so I guess it would depend.
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