i am a 47 yr old female. i am extremely concerned. i am a smoker. i am under extreme financial pressure. i have been having constant headaches for the past 2 wks, but more importantly is my heart rate. right now it is beating really fast. this too has been happening occassionally for last few wks. i dont have health ins & cant afford trip to er room. are these signs of a heart attack. im scared seriously??? i have to pay to get an answer. i dont have $$ or id be at a dr. my heart is pounding. never mind
No, these are not signs of a heart attack. Keep calm about this. The heart attack has sudden onset, intense chest pain like a running pain, accompanied by nausea, vomiting, profuse sweating... These makes everyone go the emergency room immediately. Headache could be related to stress, related about your emotional state. The most common kind of headache is the tension headache. When you're stressed a hormone called epinephrine is released in your blood. Its effect accelerate your heart beat and this is the most likely cause of the palpitations that you reported. These hormone works only for a few minutes, so if your stress goes away, the epinephrine effects goes away too. I suggest my patients the following