Angina Pectoris – Causes and Symptoms

Angina Pectoris – Causes and Symptoms

What is Angina Pectoris ?

Angina refers to a painful constriction or tightness somewhere in the body. Angina Pectoris is constriction of the heart muscle that causes a pain or tightness across the centre of the chest that sometimes spread to the neck, jaw or arms. We men may develop angina as early as our 30s or 40s.

To confirm a diagnosis of angina pectoris, your doctor will normally carry out an electrocardiogram (ECG), which is a recording of the electrical activity passing through the heart muscle.

Angina Pectoris Pain

Description of angina pectoris vary from a mild aching sensation to a heavy crushing pain – sometimes mistaken for indigestion or heartburn.

Causes of Angina Pectoris

Angina Pectoris is caused by lack of oxygen and nutrients reaching the heart muscles, usually because the coronary arteries which encircles and supplies blood to the heart have become clogged up with fatty deposits – a condition known as Atherosclerosis.

Contributing factors could be

1/ smoking tobacco
2/ lack of exercise
3/ excessive alcohol consumption
4/ eating lots of foods that contain large amounts of saturated, polyunsaturated and Trans fats
5/ cholesterol

Symptoms of Angina Pectoris

Symptoms that often accompanies angina are
1/ sweating
2/ nausea
4/ dizziness
4/ difficulty in breathing

Angina Pectoris self-help measures (remedies) for sufferers

1/ stop smoking
2/ exercise regularly but only until the symptoms come on
3/ relax to reduce stress
4/ avoid exercising on hot or very cold days or soon after a meal
5/ lose weight to put less strain on the heart

Angina Pectoris Treatment (relieve)

1/ Using drugs to widen the blocked (or narrowed) coronary arteries
2/ Using drugs to reduce the heart’s demand for oxygen by slowing the heart rate
3/ Angioplasty (surgical procedures)
Inserting a catheter with an inflated balloon tip into the narrowed (blocked) artery to flatten the fatty deposits
4/ Bypass Grafting
Attachment of a blood vessel to redirect blood flow around the blood (or narrowed) artery.

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