{"id":466,"date":"2016-03-28T00:03:24","date_gmt":"2016-03-28T00:03:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/panicattackrecovery.com\/?page_id=466"},"modified":"2018-09-01T03:00:14","modified_gmt":"2018-09-01T03:00:14","slug":"panic-attack-vs-heart-attack","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/panicattackrecovery.com\/index.php\/panic-attack-vs-heart-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Panic Attack vs Heart Attack"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- Speed Sense for AdSense WordPress Plugin: https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/speed-sense\/ -->\n<div id=\"ssp0\" style=\"float:left;margin:10px 10px 10px 0;max-width:970px;width:100%;\">\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" id=\"adsgoogle0\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 100%; height: 250px\"  data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5877597362749779\" data-ad-slot=\"2816458245\"><\/ins><script>(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>We discuss a panic attack vs heart attack. <a href=\"https:\/\/panicattackrecovery.com\/index.php\/personal-anxiety-experience-reveals-information-on-panic-disorder-and-agoraphobia\/\">This is what many sufferers struggle with<\/a>. We provide information that we intend to put your mind at ease.<\/p>\n<div class=\"AW-Form-341207382\"><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">(function(d, s, id) {\n    var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n    if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n    js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n    js.src = \"\/\/forms.aweber.com\/form\/82\/341207382.js\";\n    fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n    }(document, \"script\", \"aweber-wjs-c0ty2hg9p\"));\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cWill panic attacks and anxiety cause a heart attack? I am scared because I have a lot of muscle tension and pain.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Response:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0MhI7AH2_qA\" width=\"660\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>If you are initially having these symptoms, and like some who have visited this site online searching terms such as &#8220;panic attack vs heart attack&#8221;, consult with your doctor. Don&#8217;t diagnose without a physician. Dr. Una McCann, Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, states the following, which is very telling: \u201cPanic attacks and heart attacks can share similar if not identical symptoms\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The tricky part is that even people who have been through the process several times (having a panic attack and thinking they\u2019re having a heart attack) \u2013 even after being checked out and found to be in good physical health \u2013 seem to still worry that they\u2019re having a heart attack (or at least it runs through their mind).<\/p>\n<p>However, it is reassuring to know that a panic attack is not a heart attack. My experience (including my own first hand experience as a sufferer and in working with others) is that panic attack sufferers can benefit from adequate explanations.<\/p>\n<h2>I would specifically like to explain the difference between a panic attack vs panic attack<\/h2>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mayoclinic.org\/diseases-conditions\/heart-attack\/symptoms-causes\/syc-20373106\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">heart attack<\/a> usually occurs when a blood clot blocks the flow of blood through a coronary artery. A coronary artery is a blood vessel that feeds blood to a part of the heart muscle. This interruption of blood flow to the heart can damage or destroy a part of the heart muscle. (Mayo Clinic)<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mayoclinic.org\/diseases-conditions\/panic-attacks\/symptoms-causes\/syc-20376021\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">panic attack<\/a> typically occurs when the body releases a series of chemicals such as adrenaline, noradrenaline and cortisol into the bloodstream which causes a series of physiological effects known as the &#8220;Fight or Flight&#8221; response \u2013 when no actual threat is present. (Mayo Clinic)<\/p>\n<p>Such physiological changes can include a racing heart, dilated pupils, increased respiration, and can include an additional symptoms. This of course causes psychological distress and you may begin to panic.<\/p>\n<p>However, the whole process is a cyclical because while your physiological symptoms can cause and\/or increase your racing thoughts and worries, your racing thoughts and worries can also cause and\/or increase our physiological symptoms.<\/p>\n<p>During a panic attack your thoughts begin to race and you are on heightened alert. You are hypersensitive to things that normally wouldn\u2019t bother us.<\/p>\n<p>For example, if you had muscle pain or chest pain \u2013 that, for example, might be related to an anatomical issue, \u2013 you hone in on these things &#8211; and in the moment become very stressed over it because you are in a heightened alert state.<\/p>\n<p>As you can see from above explanation on a panic attack vs heart attack, they are not the same process, even though many panic attack sufferers incorrectly link the two things together in their mind.<\/p>\n<div class=\"AW-Form-341207382\"><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">(function(d, s, id) {\n    var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n    if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n    js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n    js.src = \"\/\/forms.aweber.com\/form\/82\/341207382.js\";\n    fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n    }(document, \"script\", \"aweber-wjs-c0ty2hg9p\"));\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong><u>Reference<\/u> <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"> John Hopkins Medicine. Anxiety and Heart Disease. Retrieved on June 18, 2013, from:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hopkinsmedicine.org\/heart_vascular_institute\/clinical_services\/centers_excellence\/womens_cardiovascular_health_center\/patient_information\/health_topics\/anxiety_heart_disease.html\">http:\/\/www.hopkinsmedicine.org\/heart_vascular_institute\/clinical_services\/centers_excellence\/womens_cardiovascular_health_center\/patient_information\/health_topics\/anxiety_heart_disease.html<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Mayo Clinic. Heart Attack. Retrieved on June 18, 2012, from:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mayoclinic.com\/health\/heart-attack\/DS00094\">http:\/\/www.mayoclinic.com\/health\/heart-attack\/DS00094<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mayo Clinic. Panic Attacks. 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