2007-06-21 03:56:46 · 6 answers · asked by Christ H 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Other - Diseases
Yes and no.
No because they aren't . Yes because they can FEEL the same. Angina is most common in middle aged and elderly males. Females are usually affected after menopause.
GERD is gastric esophageal reflux disease. This is a motility disorder. heart burn, sour taste regurgitation of stomach contents... This is your stomach throwing stuff up into your esophagus with lots of acid from your stomach contents causing pain and damage.
ANGINA is the heart muscle pain. characterized by discomfort that occurrs when the myocardial oxygen demand exceeds the supply.
It can be chronic, unstable, stable or acute. It can be due to many different things.
2007-06-21 04:03:53 · answer #1 · answered by Jamie, FNP 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-20 18:25:49 · answer #2 · answered by Marcela 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Both mimic each other. In the ER they may administer nitro to relieve cardiac chest pain and i can also resolve the GERD for a short time. But then they also have the GI cocktail which contains mylanta, liquid lidocaine and donnatal that will immed. relieve the Gerd symptoms. They also will do an EKG and blood worko make sure it is not a heart attack. Of course this all depends on age and health history.
2007-06-21 04:05:26 · answer #3 · answered by sweet sue 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Although both conditions cause discomfort in the chest, they are two seperate, unrelated conditions. Angina pectoris is a cardiac condition, and GERD, or gastroesophageal reflux disease is a gasto-intestinal disorder. The two have no correlation.
2007-06-21 04:00:30 · answer #4 · answered by medicsgtb01 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I knew a gerd with acute angina.
2007-06-21 03:59:00 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
only in that their symptoms are very similar.
2007-06-21 03:58:44 · answer #6 · answered by essentiallysolo 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋