What is Angina?

Answer 1

What Is Angina?
Angina (an-JI-nuh or AN-juh-nuh) is chest pain or discomfort that occurs when your heart muscle does not get enough blood. Angina may feel like pressure or a squeezing pain in your chest. The pain may also occur in your shoulders, arms, neck, jaw, or back. It may also feel like indigestion.

Angina is a symptom of coronary artery disease (CAD), the most common type of heart disease. CAD occurs when plaque builds up in the coronary arteries. This buildup of plaque is called atherosclerosis. As plaque builds up, the coronary arteries become narrow and stiff. Blood flow to the heart is reduced. This decreases the oxygen supply to the heart muscle.

Types of Angina
The three types of angina are stable, unstable, and variant (Prinzmetal's). It is very important to know the differences among the types.

Stable angina. Stable angina is the most common type. It occurs when the heart is working harder than usual.
There is a regular pattern to stable angina. After several episodes, you learn to recognize the pattern and can predict when it will occur.
The pain usually goes away in a few minutes after you rest or take your angina medicine.
Stable angina is not a heart attack but makes it more likely that you will have a heart attack in the future.
Unstable angina. Unstable angina is a very dangerous condition that requires emergency treatment. It is a sign that a heart attack could occur soon. Unlike stable angina, it does not follow a pattern. It can occur without physical exertion and is not relieved by rest or medicine.
Variant angina. Variant angina is rare. It usually occurs at rest. The pain can be severe and usually occurs between midnight and early morning. It is relieved by medicine.

Answer 2

Angina refers to symptoms such as chest pain or discomfort caused by reduced blood flow to the heart. It is often the first sign of heart disease.
The heart is a muscle that gets blood flow from the coronary arteries. If your coronary arteries have a blockage or narrowing that reduces blood flow to the heart, you may experience angina.
People with angina usually feel discomfort (often pressure-like pain) in or around the chest, shoulders, back, neck, jaw or arms. It may feel like a squeezing pressing sensation. Angina is usually caused and made worse by exercise and eased by rest. The pain usually lasts 2-5 minutes. If you have this kind of chest pain, contact your health care provider. You can take medicine that will help your angina. If you suspect you are having a heart attack (see warning signs), call 911.
Not all chest discomfort is angina. Acid reflux, lung infections or inflammation can cause chest pain.

Answer 3

Angina is a term most commonly used to state of felling of chest pain, the major cause is incomplete supply of oxygenated oxygenated blood to heart, by the coronary arteries. Even a cold weather can precipitate an Angina.

Answer 4

am Dr. Allauddin khan responding to your query about angina
Angina is a term that describes chest pain caused by myocardial ischemia - a condition in which the amount of oxygen getting to the heart muscle is insufficient. It usually occurs on exertion and is relieved by rest.
Angina generally is a symptom of coronary artery disease. In most severe cases, it may occur with minimal effort or at rest is known as angina pectoris
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Answer 5

Angina means a temporary spasm at the coronaries,it should be treated by an internest medicine Dr.

Answer 6

It's any inflamatory disease of the throat, especially one caracterised by spasmodic suffocation ////// It's also a localized spasm of pain or any condition marked by such spasm, as it is marked by recurrent pain in the chest and left arm caused by a sudden decrease of the blood supply to heart muscle.

Answer 7

a heart diseaes,i think.