Angina symptoms

Angina symptoms generally include chest pain and lack of sensation. The distress is unlike in various people. Some people feel angina symptoms when they are upset or excited. People suffering from angina often experience:

  • Severe pain
  • Tightness in the chest
  • A burning sensation

The patients feel as if somebody is squeezing or pressing on the heart, or may feel like deadness and assault pain. The sensation of angina lasts for about ten minutes and starts spreading to the shoulders, arm, neck, throat and jaw. The following are some of the common angina symptoms:

  • Excessive sweating
  • Queasiness
  • Breathing problem [1]

Angina symptoms depend upon its type:

Pain and discomfort are the major symptoms of angina. Through this, an angina sufferer can also feel pain in the digestive track known as dyspepsia. The sufferer can also feel extreme chest pain, which many times is not bearable at all. The victim can also feel chest pain behind the breastbone. Some people say that the pain cannot be described completely or they can’t even tell from where the pain is actually occurring. Angina symptoms may also include unmanageable fatigue, sweating, light-headedness or weakness. The stable angina symptoms are:

  • Exertion of body
  • Acidity and indigestion can also be there

The unstable angina symptoms are:

  • It occurs at rest mode
  • It changes with the changing patterns of angina
  • It lasts more than the stable angina [1]

The angina symptoms in women can be dissimilar from the classic angina. These differences even may lead to holdup in cure. Proper analysis of angina symptoms is required in order to curb it.

Reference:

1. Pollock CV "Application of the TIMI risk score for unstable angina", 2006.



 

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