what is agina?

Answer 1

Angina is caused by lack of oxygen to the heart muscle. It causes pain and a sense of doom. You should get ALL chest pain checked out by a doctor ASAP.

Answer 2

I think you mean "angina" which is often called "angina pectoris" and both refer to chest pain.

Your heart is a muscle and it gets its blood supply carrying oxygen and nutrients to it by the coronary arteries. "Coronary" comes from the word meaning "crown" and if you look at a picture of the heart, the coronary arteries and veins do look a lot like a crown on the heart.

If you've ever run or walked a long way and gotten very tired legs, they may have heart because the blood supply couldn't keep up with the work your leg muscles were doing and waste build-up couldn't be cleared fast enough. When you rested, the muscles also rested and needed less blood and things sort of "caught up."

The heart works the same way. When its muscle is being asked to work harder than the blood supply can keep up with, it hurts and a patient feels this as "angina." When the blood supply is completely blocked, we call this a coronary occlusion or heart attack. In angina, the pain usually goes away when the person rests or takes a medication to help blood flow, like nitroglycerin.

Angina can be one or both of two causes. Blood vessels can "spasm" or cramp and this reduces the opening and decreases the blood flow. Also, coronaries can be narrow because plaque, a fatty material builds up to narrow the passage or because a clot blocks the flow. Nitroglycerin dilates or widens the blood vessels and lets more blood get to the heart muscle.

Angina that occurs at rest is a serious condition that requires prompt medical attention to avoid permanent damage or even death. Angina that does not get better after using prescribed medication is also an emergency.

People who have angina obviously need medical treatment and should be told what to do if they have pain. Always follow the recommendation of you physician. If someone you know is having chest pain, the first thing to do is the same as a heart attack- have them sit or lie down and try to be as calm or quiet as possible. If this is new for them or severe, call 911 immediately.

If they have medication like nitrogylcerin tablets or spray, they should use it as directed. If you are helping someone, the nitroglycerin tablets are not supposed to be swallowed, but placed under the tongue to dissolve. The patient should not eat or drink anything for five minutes. If they say their mouth is very dry, thay can have a sip of water before using the tablets. The spray is used the same way, and they should also wait five minutes to drink anything.

If the first pill or spray is not helpful, they should try a second and if needed a third pill or spray if their doctor has recommended this. Some patients are to call for help if one try doesn't work. Patients are also usually told to wait five minutes or so between doses.

One warning: a person using nitroglycerin should be sitting down or lying down. When the blood vessels dilate, blood pressure goes down very suddenly and they may pass out of standing. Also, many people experience a headache after using nitroglycerin. (You may see the abbreviation NTG for this medication.) And if they seem to be in severe distress, be certain to call 911 early on. It's better to call and not need them than not to call and regret it. Chest pain should be considered to probably be coming from the heart until proven otherwise.

The things causing angina often can be very successfully treated to decrease or event prevent it from happening at all. This can involve diet and exercise, medication, angioplasty, bypass surgery, or even a heart transplant.

The best thing you can do if you have angina, or if it is someone else, is not to panic.Remeber that a heart that is not working so hard needs less blood flow and can overcome whatever is causing the narrowing. The heart even, after time, may grow new small vessels and create what is called "collateral" circulation to get around blocked areas.

Think of angina as the "smoke alarm" in your heart.

Answer 3

Agina is restriction of blood flow through the heart.

Answer 4

Do you mean "angina" ?
angina- any disease marked by spasmodic suffocative attacks. Angina Pectoris- Severe but temporary attack of cardiac pain which may radiate to the arms. Results from myocardial (pertaining to the middle layer of the heart muscle) ischaemia (deficient bood supply).
Please see the webpages for more details on Angina, Unstable angina, Stable angina and Coronary artery spasm

Answer 5

Angina (Angina Pectoris) is pain or discomfort caused by reduced blood flow to the heart muscle resulting in a lack of oxygen to the heart.

Most often caused by narrowing of the coronary arteries.

Answer 6

Chest Pain

Answer 7

Angina is pain caused by lessened blood supply to a part
Angina pectoris-is chest pain in ischemic heart disease
Abdominal angina - is pain in the abdomen when blood supply to bowels is compromised

Answer 8

Do you mean angina? If so, it is more frequently called chest pain which can be caused by many things. A muscle strain, anxiety, a heart problem.

Answer 9

Angina Pectoris

Basically Chest Pain.

The Cure for it - Nitroglycerin (G.T.N)

To put the tablet under the tongue, to be sucked. Burning feeling. will feel giddy at times though!

Answer 10

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