What are the symptoms of heart attack

There are clear symptoms of a heart attack that require immediate medical attention.

A feeling of pressure, tightness, pain, squeezing, or aching in the chest or arms that spreads to the neck, jaw, or back can be a sign that a person is having a heart attack.

The following are other possible signs and symptoms of a heart attack occurring:

• coughing

• nausea

• vomiting

• crushing chest pain

• dizziness

• shortness of breath called dyspnea

• face seeming gray in color

• a feeling of terror that life is ending

• feeling awful, generally

• restlessness

• feeling clammy and sweaty

• shortness of breath

Changing position does not alleviate the pain of a heart attack. The pain a person feels is normally constant, although it may sometimes come and go