Heart Attack vs. Broken Heart Syndrome: Same Symptoms, Both Life Threatening
Broken Heart Syndrome presents with the same symptoms as a heart attack, and is just as serious as a heart attack. Prompt medical attention is vital.
Suddenly, your chest begins to hurt. The chest pain increases and breathing becomes difficult, feels like a heart attack. Time to call 911 and get to the emergency room. A soon as you arrive at the hospital, the emergency room team jumps into action with their ‘Chest Pain Protocol’ because all your symptoms point to a heart attack.
After all the tests are completed, you find out you did not have a heart attack, but rather you were suffering from Broken Heart Syndrome.
Broken Heart Syndrome is also known as stress cardiomyopathy, and it’s every bit as serious and life threatening as a heart attack.
Broken Heart Syndrome occurs when the heart is temporarily stunned by the production of toxic stress hormones. This happens to people who have recently experienced an emotional trauma, like the death of loved one or other upsetting life event.
Symptoms of Broken Heart Syndrome usually begin within hours after a person has had severe, unexpected stress. The stress does not necessarily have to come from bad news or traumatic event. Sudden, overwhelming good news can create stress and cause the body to release stress hormones. It’s the rush of the stress hormones that stun the heart and create the heart attack-like symptoms of Broken Heart Symptom.
Usually those who suffer from an episode of Broken Heart Syndrome make a full recovery within a few weeks with no lasting heart muscle damage.
You won’t be able to tell the difference between the symptoms of a heart attack or Broken Heart Syndrome, prompt medical attention is vital anytime you experience chest pains.
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