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What Is a Heart Attack?
Heart Disease Factors
Signs of a Heart Attack
Heart Attack Signs in Diabetics
Heart Attack Response: Seek Help
Heart Attack Response: Take Aspirin
Heart Attack 911 Response
Negative Heart Attack Responses
Heart Attack Risk Factors
Preventing Heart Attacks
Misconceptions About Heart Attacks
Heart Attacks vs. Cardiac Arrest
Identifying Cardiac Arrest Victims
Importance of CPR Classes
Heart Attack Information Resources
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Summary: Diabetics may not feel chest pain, which is a classic sign of a heart attack. Discover how to recognize heart attacks in diabetics with expert tips from a certified emergency medical technician (EMT) in this free video on heart disease.
Michael Herbert is a certified emergency medical technician EMT with New Hanover County in Wilmington, NC. He has more than seven years experience as a firefighter and EMT. He is...read more
"Non-classical heart attack patients. In typical in the medical field, if you have to evaluate a woman, especially one that suffers from diabetes, and she has some of the associated symptoms of a heart attack, it it increases your suspicion. These patients often do not have the classical signs of crushing chest pain, maybe because of a higher threshold in pain that these patient have, or the diabetics often suffer a neuropathy, or a loss of sensation in feelings in where they're going to be able to detect the pain that's often is caused by having a heart attack. This usually occurs because the high levels of blood sugar causes damage to the distal nerve endings and capillaries, often where the body first detects that a problem occurs, as in the heart muscles that die from a heart attack."
eHow Article: Heart Attack Signs in Diabetics
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