5. Dizziness or light-headedness may occur in some patients due to a drop in blood pressure. Ringing in the ears (tinnitus) or severe rotational dizziness (vertigo) are not usually features of a heart attack.
6. Nausea and occasionally vomiting accompany the pain in a significant number of patients. Severe pain from any cause may precipitate vomiting, and pain relievers such as morphine usually increase nausea and vomiting. However, unaccustomed sudden nausea may occur instead of pain or chest discomfort. Thus, distressing nausea with sweating and shortness of breath should be considered due to a heart disturbance until proven otherwise.
7. Restlessness may occur as the patient tries to find a comfortable position. However, the pain or discomfort of a heart attack is not relieved by any particular posi¬tion. The pain is not made better or worse by sitting, standing, lying, or rolling from side to side.
8. Shortness of breath may develop if the heart muscle is very weak and heart failure occurs during the heart attack. The individual may even be gasping. In such cases, some relief is obtained when the patient is propped up in bed. 9. A cough may suddenly develop with the production of frothy pink or blood-stained sputum.

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