Angina symptoms look like a heart attack, but mostly it is a warning sign. The patient may feel a squeezing or pressure in the chest when it is angina. When there is not adequate blood flow to the parts of your heart then you can experience chest pain. It can be a core or primary symptom of heart disease. Though angina can be cured quickly, it can cause fatal heart issue as well
Signs and Symptoms
Chest pain along with different other signs and feelings
- Fullness in the chest
The pain or aching can spread to your arms, neck, shoulders, back or jaw as well.
Causes and Risk Factors
This can happen due to a fatty object which is called plaque, and it develops in your arteries. The main job of plaque is to block the blood flow to the muscle of the heart, and that forces your heart to work with less oxygen which damages it. Apart from that, blood clots, blockage in the major artery, narrowing of the valve can be the other causes.
Treatment and Management
You may need to consume medicines that can prevent blood clots, widen up the blood vessels or slow down the heart, so it does not work with much pressure. The main motto of the treatment is to make the blood flow easy and smooth to the heart muscles so that your heart does not need to work hard and feel stressed.