Heart Health, a heart attack has pain that radiates from the chest to other areas. In contrast, panic produces stabbing pains in one location.
Additionally, the pain with panic only lasts for a few seconds, whereas cardiac arrest brings unrelenting discomfort.Still, if this is your first anxiety attack, it’s hard to distinguish between the two.
Thankfully, emergency rooms can quickly tell the difference by doing some blood work and an EKG. What you do during a panic attack can mean everything.
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