What are the symptoms of angina pectoris? Are there typical and atypical?

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The onset of angina pectoris is very dangerous. If you don't pay attention, you may endanger your life and suffer from the disease. So, it is very important to find out angina pectoris early and understand the common symptoms of angina pectoris.

What are the symptoms of angina pectoris? Are there typical and atypical?

The first is the sudden pain of pressing, tightening, suffocation, burning and weight pressing in the middle and upper part of the sternum. The chest pain increases gradually and reaches its climax in a few minutes. It can radiate to the left shoulder, neck, mandible, upper and middle abdomen or shoulders. Accompanied by cold sweat, and then gradually reduced, lasting for a few minutes, after rest or nitroglycerin can alleviate.

Second: atypical patients may have tenderness in the lower sternum, upper abdomen or precordium. Some only have pain of radiation parts, such as stuffy throat, jaw pain, cervical tenderness. The symptoms of angina pectoris in the elderly are often atypical, and they can only feel chest tightness, shortness of breath and fatigue. Elderly patients with diabetes even feel chest tightness without chest pain.

Third: in a word, angina pectoris in most cases is not really painful, but a sense of pressure, clamp and hot stuffy feeling, as if the heart suddenly becomes very narrow, unable to expand

matters needing attention

Angina attack, the collar must be untied, open the respiratory tract, it is best to sit, do not stand or lie down. If you don't have a back, you can lean forward, put your elbows on your knees and relax.