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WineLover
Posted August 27, 2008
Part of the problem is that a heart attack happens in very different ways, and the discomfort can come and go, which makes it easier to blame it on something else like a digestion problem. The most common signs are: chest pain or discomfort, discomfort in the upper body, shortness of breath, cold sweat, nausea, sudden extreme fatigue. The reason the pain or discomfort can be so unpredictable is that the heart itself does not feel pain. More specifically, the heart's nerves do not feel pain. But when something is going wrong with the heart, its nerves may become electrically unstable and they may short-circuit other nerves that do transmit pain impulses.
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