Heart disease is the number one cause of death for women globally. And yet women’s symptoms and risk factors are less well recognized, and they receive less in-hospital care, than men.

The cardiologist said patients with heart failure face a high risk during long periods of heat, ‘especially when nighttime temperatures stay high’.

Heart-related pain in women frequently extends beyond the chest, affecting areas that seem unrelated to cardiac function. Jaw pain, particularly along the lower jaw line, can signal cardiac distress.

“And, certainly, a heart attack is far from the most common cause of nausea,” Heffron said. Food poisoning, stomach flu and motion sickness are much more common culprits.

Although Conrad, 51 at the time and in good health, didn't know it then, she was having an unusual type of heart attack called MINOCA that puzzles doctors and affects women more often than men.

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