Wednesday, December 28, 2011

WOMEN’S HEALTH WEDNESDAY

publichealthrn:

Go Red For Women ™ presents: ‘Just a Little Heart Attack’

I love this new film. It’s 3 minutes, it’s hilarious, it’s… as serious as a heart attack. Please share this with every woman you know!

Super cool video, but I also think it’s important to acknowledge that for many women, the story does not have such an easy conclusion. Symptoms of a heart attack vary between the genders - a woman may never experience the “classic” pressure in the chest or pain in the left arm radiating to the jaw. Female heart attack symptoms usually include fatigue, nausea and indigestion. And women being women, they often deny the fact that anything is wrong and refuse medical attention - just like this woman did at first in the video.