Guide To Common Aortic Dissection Symptoms

Sweating

Many patients experiencing an aortic dissection will deal with significant sweating. Most of these individuals will see the sweating present itself as clammy skin. This is what differentiates sweating due to an aortic dissection from sweating due to physical exertion or heat. Patients may be sweating quite heavily, but they will often feel cold at the same time. Heavy sweating due to an aortic dissection often appears alongside pale skin, which was just discussed. Thus, patients may want to watch for pale skin and clammy hands. Of course, when an aortic dissection is the cause, other symptoms will appear as well. Chest and back pain are the most common.