[header] How to know if left arm pain is heart related [title] Evaluate the quality of your pain. [step] Pain that relates to a heart attack most often feels like a pressure, or squeezing, sensation. It can range from mildly painful, or not painful at all (in what are called " silent heart attacks "), to full pain that people would rank a 10 out of 10 in intensity.
The pain is often in the chest area, and may radiate down your left arm, to your jaw, or to your back. [title] Look for non pain-related symptoms.