Im a 31 year old female with variant angina I,ve been having pain for the past 4 hours usually it stops after a few minutes now the pain is radiating to my jaw and back my nitro is no longer working and I am sweating and am sick to my stomach I am starting to get dizzy and wonder if I should go to the hospital I worry about this because the last time I went in when I was having pain they told me I was to young to have a heart condition and wouldnt run any test I have had ekgs taken by my cardioligist when I lived in another state and they came back with irregulare q waves would really appriciate some help thank you
2006-08-02 00:26:50 · 9 answers · asked by tinytottlc 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Heart Diseases
If you have angina and it is not relieved by Nitroglycerin, it is called Unstable Angina. Myocardial infarction describes necrosis or death of myocardial cells. Atherosclerotic heart disease is the most common underlying cause of myocardial infarction. The appearance of pathological Q waves is the most characteristic ECG finding of transmural myocardial infarction of the left ventricle. A pathological Q wave is defined as an initial downward deflection of a duration of 40 msec or more in any lead except III and aVR. The Q wave appears when the infarcted muscle is electrically inert and the loss of forces normally generated by the infarcted area leaves unbalanced forces of variable magnitude in the opposite direction from the remote region, for example, an opposite wall. These forces can be represented by a vector directed away from the site of infarction and seen as a negative wave (Q wave) by electrodes overlying the infarcted region.
However, it would be wise for you to go to call 911 immediately so you can be attended in the ER and appropriate tests (EKG, serum cardiac markers, heart catheterization & etc ) can be done to determine if you have either an Unstable Angina or heart attack (Myocardial Infarction). American Heart Association states that you should be seen immediately (within 4 hrs after onset of chest pain) to save the cardiac muscle.
Remember Time is muscle!
2006-08-02 03:27:30 · answer #1 · answered by Cat 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-05-21 05:10:07 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Angina only indicates pain.. if your nitro isn't working you should follow the directions your doctor gave you when prescribing the meds.That means, rushing to the hospital. There are people much younger than you, who seem to die from heart problems that have never even been diagnosed. You can't afford to take the chance that the doctor has not made an accurate diagnosis.
2006-08-02 00:34:13 · answer #3 · answered by mrcricket1932 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get off the computer and call 9-1-1
2006-08-02 03:16:01 · answer #4 · answered by jessiekatsopolous 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
don't wait call 911 now thats how i got my heart attack this past christmas
2006-08-02 00:39:58 · answer #5 · answered by uofsmike 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
call 911 RIGHT NOW!!!!!!! Sounds like this is more than angina
2006-08-02 00:32:17 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need immediate hospitalisation. I heard Amercan doctors(some of them not all)treat a disease according to the type of insurance not according to disease.
2006-08-02 02:57:14 · answer #7 · answered by J.SWAMY I ఇ జ స్వామి 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
take a baby aspirin-and go the er-and maybe seek another dr one that would listen
2006-08-02 00:57:41 · answer #8 · answered by Lola 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
call 911 right now please
2006-08-02 05:07:47 · answer #9 · answered by El Luigy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋