My Experience of Angina

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Newest Review: ... hospital scale for pain 0 = no pain & 10 = just let me black out to stop it ) and stay like this for 3-4 ... more

... minutes......then go . Then back it comes at level 5-7 for around 4-5 minutes, by now I'm grey sweating and looking like 'death warmed up ' .....but it goes again ......bye-bye. If I'm really unlucky it will then return at level 7-9 and its then when I start to get worried as we are around 25 minutes from the hospital in a fast ambulance , that if it can get to me first as it takes around 25 minutes to get to our village = a 50-60 minute delay in getting help if my heart stops.............oh , yes mine is the very sneaky sort and I...more

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My Experience of Angina: Angina ....the silent pain that wants to be heard (513 words)
by - written on 15/12/08 (Very useful, 52 readings)
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I have had angina since I was very young , possibly in my teens as the chest pain I get has been around for over 40 years now . I have a GTN spray to use when I can , unfortunately my angina is the nasty sneaky sort , most people get an attack and thats that , Oh no granny here has to be different and mine comes in waves . I always liken it to the film 'alien' because at times I've been sure that something will brake out of my chest and look up at me saying ' Ah , its you I've been trying to escape from all these years ' !!!!!! At first the pain will hit me at level 3-4 ( I use the hospital scale for pain 0 = no pain & 10 = just let ... Read the complete review

A good diet is half the battle (245 words)
by - written on 02/04/01 (Useful, 141 readings)
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Angina can be very painful, but a good diet and plenty of exercise can help relieve alot of the symptoms. I suffer from this disease and I smoked over twenty cigarettes a day until I got wise to that trait.Giving up the weed was difficult but necessary. I have to take beta-blockers to open up the blood vessels and relieve the pressure on my heart, And some potassium activators, to relieve the symptoms when I do suffer an attack. The trick to handling an attack is to stay as calm as possible,its very frightening,but to get into a panic just escalates the attack.I tend to breath into a paper bag after taking my spray it helps calm me down and I ... Read the complete review

My Experience of Angina: Angina can be helped with a good diet and excercise (468 words)
by - written on 27/03/01 (Very useful, 135 readings)
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Angina kills one in four men and one in five women per year in the UK. It can be very nasty and painful, but a healthy diet and plenty of exercise can help this condition. My Cousin suffers from this heart disease. She smoked over twenty cigarettes a day, worked full time and raised a family, and it took its toll. At first she was getting short of breath, tired and niggly pains in her chest, she put it down to indigestion and ignored it. Then the tightness started in her chest neck and arms, especially when she had walked up the hill to her house after work. She went to her doctor and was told she was having Angina attacks, they were only ... Read the complete review

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