I hope to one day merge my MA in communications and my work-acquired communications/writing skills, and apply them to the medical profession.
Here is my first such attempt. :-)
The article below was posted today on the CBC news health website (full article and link/source below).
It cites a recently released US study, (published in JAMA, an extremely reputable medical journal) that highlights (yet again), the differences between men and women, when it comes to heart attack symptoms, their treatment, and outcomes.
Most people associate the crushing chest pain, left arm and jaw pain as classic heart attack symptoms. This is the most typical case in men, but in women it is very different, and I want to do my little bit to get that message out there.
Heart attack symptoms are very different in women, and they are outlined below, as listed by the American Heart Association.
Because women have such differing heart attack symptoms, being more vague than those of men, (and maybe also partly given some women's tendencies to sweep aside vague symptoms as less of a priority, given busy lives and other pressing priorities), women don't get the treatment they need, when they need it.
Please read the article and symptoms below, and file it away in a part of your brain, where it will be readily accessible if one day you need to recognize and ACT on these symptoms, either for yourself, or someone you love. And pass this info on to others you care about. We need to spread the word.
Thanks!
P.S. Yes, I'm going to love nursing..... :-)
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