Recognizing a heart attack: The first signs are in the mouth

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Heart attack is one of the most common causes of death in Germany. According to the German Heart Foundation, over 300,000 people in this country suffer a heart attack every year. The event often ends fatally; 43 percent of women who have a heart attack still die from it and 37 percent of men, as NDR reports.

A heart attack occurs when one or more coronary arteries suddenly close. The heart muscle is supplied with oxygen and nutrients via these vessels, as the German Red Cross (DRK) explains. Closing of the vessels leads to an undersupply of blood to the heart muscle, and in the worst case, heart failure and death occur.

There are many factors that increase the risk of a heart attack, including:

• Overweight
• high blood pressure
• Elevated cholesterol
• Smoke
• Diabetes

If a heart attack occurs, an emergency doctor must be called urgently. But often people don’t even realize when they’re having a heart attack. Three quarters of all deaths after a heart attack occur at home without a doctor even being called. It is therefore important to know which symptoms herald a heart attack so that you can react quickly if the worst comes to the worst. But what symptoms are these and which of them are noticeable in the mouth?

Symptoms of a heart attack: What should you pay attention to?

The symptoms of a heart attack can vary greatly. It is important to recognize it in good time and call an emergency doctor, because every minute counts in the event of a heart attack. The following symptoms occur particularly frequently, as the DRK explains:

Particularly dangerous: Women often have different symptoms of a heart attack than men, which is why they are less likely to have a heart attack and why more women die from it than men. According to the German Heart Foundation, women often have the following symptoms of a heart attack:

Symptoms of a heart attack: how does it manifest itself in the mouth?

A heart attack is not only noticeable in the chest, shoulder and arm or through nausea; symptoms that indicate a heart attack can also occur in the mouth. The stabbing pain that comes from the breastbone can also radiate to the neck, throat, lower or even upper jaw. In some cases, women even experience toothache.

All of these can be signs of a heart attack. Here it is better to be safe than sorry. If symptoms occur, it is better to call an emergency doctor for free than to suffer the potentially life-threatening consequences of a heart attack.