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How Heart Disease Affects Women from Yvonne Johnson, MD
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From: Yvonne Johnson, MD Category:  Heart Disease

Added: Jan 17, 2009


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Dr. Yvonne Johnson, the director of the Heart Attack Unit at South Miami Heart Center. Heart disease begins in women about 10 years later than men. Women who smoke, those with diabetes, hypertension, high cholesterol, obesity and a family history are all at risk. Womens symptoms can be atypical, they can have chest pain, but some have abdominal pain, indigestion, back pain, neck pain, shortness of breath or nausea.





Nadia (Mar 15, 2009)
I went to the emergency room about a year ago and the doctor treated me royally. At first, I felt embarrassed but my son who is a cardiologist convinced me that I should be checked out. I was lucky but concerned about the chest pain which turned out to be muscle pain.

docdrh (Mar 09, 2009)
Symptoms of heart disease in women can be different from the symptoms of men with heart disease.

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