2. Pressure in the Chest
Pressure in the chest is one of the most common symptoms reported by people who have had heart attacks, and it’s often one of the first symptoms that point to the fact that there might be something wrong. It’s something that you should always watch for, and it’s the kind of symptom that doesn’t have to be combined with any other ones around it in order to be important: Even if this is the only symptom that you might experience, see your doctor as soon as you can.
This particular symptom is most often described as the feeling of an elephant sitting on the chest: Most people, in fact, describe that it feels this way – and there might have been no other symptoms near it when it happened.
If you experience chest tightness and you know that you have a family history of heart attacks, a prior diagnosis for a heart condition yourself or any of the other potential risk factors for a heart attack, make sure that you can get yourself to the emergency room immediately