When an attack of angina occurs , the symptoms appear primarily in the form of sudden pain in the chest area. The disease is characterized by acute deficiency of myocardial blood supply and is a clinical form of ischemic heart disease.
Types of angina pectoris
1. First emerged. When in this case there is an attack of angina pectoris, the symptoms of the disease appear within a month after it. Further, the disease recedes. Otherwise, angina pectoris passes into a stable stage.
2. Stresses. This type of angina is most common in comparison with others. It also has the name "stable." Attacks of angina pectoris are regularly repeated due to emotional or physical stress.
3. Progressive. One of the types of unstable stenocardia. This type of ailment is characterized by severe pain in the chest. If such an attack of angina pectoris occurs, the symptoms appear suddenly, often in a state of complete rest.
4. Unstable. This type of disease is quite dangerous, because due to its development, the occurrence of myocardial infarction is not excluded . Unstable angina is often not complete without hospitalization of the patient.
5. Variant. Such angina pectoris usually occurs at night due to vasospasm. This type of disease is quite rare and is diagnosed exclusively with the help of an ECG.
Signs of the disease
When an attack of angina pectoris occurs, its symptoms may manifest as follows:
- have a clearly limited start and stop time, as well as calm down;
- arise under certain circumstances and conditions;
- become moderate or disappear completely under the influence of the drug "Nitroglycerin".
Relapse relieves the disease, often walking at an accelerated pace, with climbs uphill, or a stressful situation.
What are the signs of an angina attack?
The disease in common people was nicknamed "angina pectoris," due to its symptoms. During the attack, a feeling of heaviness, pressure, which is mixed with dull pain, is manifested. Such signs appear in the chest area in the center, behind it, occasionally even in the throat at great depths.
Separate attacks of angina are characterized by a sharper severity of pain. It is intense, accompanied by weakness, fright, and the release of cold
sweat, but, after a few minutes, disappears. Some patients complain not of pain, but of a burning sensation behind the sternum or in the neck.
How to calm the "angina pectoris"?
Removing an attack of angina pectoris should begin with the use of the drug Nitroglycerin. Dosage: one tablet (placed under the tongue) or a few drops of a solution (1%). In the case when this drug is not available, it should be replaced with Validol. In this case, the victim must take a "lying" position or at least sit down. An indispensable condition for an attack of angina pectoris is to call an ambulance.