Symptoms & How to Treat an Angina Attack - First Aid Training - St John Ambulance

[@susan-little]

My mother has had angina for years...every once in a while she will have massive tightness in her chest and she says her heartbeat is so strong she can almost hear it, like its beating out of her chest. When this happens she immediately takes 1 aspirin and sits down upright. If it still persists she walks slowly around the house and takes another aspirin and sits down again...she remains calm, and after a while, the pain usually goes away. She has a friend who is very old and has had angina for 30 years and he does the same thing. This is not medical advice since everyone is different, but I just thought I would share her experience. I always tell her to call me when this happens and I will usually go by her and talk with her in a relaxed voice. She says being relaxed is key.

[@hahahahahhahaha556]

My mom is havinf angina too im scared for her

[@K.Lovelace1968]

I have stable angina also, and when I have an attack, usuallly when walking up a hill, I just stop and withina minute or 2 it is gone, I have yet to take any nitroglycerin, it goes away on it's own.. I had a heart attack last March and had a stent put in my right coronary artery as it was 100 percent blocked, I do have a 70 percent blocked circumflex and I am asssuming this is where my angina is coming from.. SO yes, the aspirin and slow walking and remaining calm usually takes care of it.. I take plavix and aspirin every day anyways, so to chew another couple is no big deal.. and your mom is right, being relaxed is definitely key..

[@calenajackson8772]

I think I’m experiencing this right now plus I’m anemic

[@seagie382]

I'm 21 and fit and this has been happening to me at random, I seriously hope that it's just some sort of panic disorder thing and not a heart problem.

[@Azaansmom]

@@calenajackson8772same thing

[@lucianvirciu9057]

Thank you.

[@kevinlawlor412]

Good information! This video just taught me that the tightness in my chest was probably something other than Angina.

[@basryrahul557]

Good info. Watching this during my birthday on 17.07.2023

[@willcamick]

Iv been suffering with angina for 2 years now and I want to end my life. Doctor's will not treat me or even attempt to help me. They didt give me any info about angina. I was alone and afraid I was going to die and the doctors could care less. I feel we should come together and sue them all for making us suffer like this.

[@erickruiz3763]

Honestly I feel like I have angina, I have a sharp pain in my left side of chest that only last for like 10-40 seconds, and I become really paranoid as if I'm having a heart attack. Do you as well feel this or is a completely different thing.

[@koatzingo361]

How old are you

[@RedPillsAreGood]

Erick Ruiz hi erick, how is you chest feeling today? did you get it checked out?

[@jennyhorsburgh1078]

Go to the hospital...the doctors are useless

[@Magnate1992]

Dear Will, I am sorry to hear about your pain. But according to our guidelines, if you have chest pain on exertion (Stable angina), the treatment is nitroglycerin, aspirin and beta blockers. Your doctor will help you with these medications. Leading a healthy lifestyle helps. That is all. Take care

[@joanbartlett533]

Thankyou for this clear advice

[@aseiveren4363]

Thanks for this information

[@MrYorickJenkins]

I love that assertion: -"feelings of anxiety" is a symptom of angina. You dont say! It reminds me of someone writing that a "symptom of acute IBS is depression"-too right it is if you are afraid of eating because of what might happen. That can be depressing. If you think you have angina you are likely to have feelings of anxiety! Not so much a symtom of angina as a result of angina I'd have thought. Any fears of getting something ghastly like angina is likely to create "feelings of anxiety". More seriously I feel there is a classic medical disconnect here, underestimating the psychological factor in worsening health both in diagnosis and treatment. Procedures, treatment diagnosis all have their necessary function of course but it should not be forgotten that anxiety and stress are major factors in weakening health and lowering resistance to disease.

[@88marome]

It could also be lung inflammation though. It happens to me sometimes and lasts 20+ minutes. I have asthma.

[@intell0518]

Someone please help, I’m only 11, I’m scared I have Angina. I’ve heard that Angina is rare for people under the age of 35, but I’m still worried. I’ve been having shortness of breath for 6 months now, and I’ve been having chest pain, sometimes jaw pain. I don’t know why this is happening, I hope it’s just anxiety

[@evanslade]

Yo bro same you got Instagram?

[@annayoda8815]

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[@evanslade]

@@annayoda8815 yo ur irrelevant

[@wear3163]

Bro me too

[@wear3163]

Oh turns out it was just acid reflux xD

[@jennyhorsburgh1078]

My nana had an angina attack because her tounge was swollen due to an allergic reaction to a new medication, so she couldn't get enough oxygen to her heart. Also she has heart problems anyway which doesn't help obviously. I hope she gets better, she's currently in hospital 🙁😥

[@malyjojo7173]

😓😓😓😓😓😓

[@tea3807]

Bad for you when i sleep i keep on dreaming my mom and dad died i cried and cried but it didnt happen im just scared if i turn 48 yrs i would die my wish is when my mom and dad died me and my sis turn 2 yrs again and my parents 39

[@tea3807]

😭😭😭i wish that could happen but magic are not real

[@aayatatif8670]

I did a ECG and it was normal.I self diagnosed myself as Angina pain.I have all these symptoms and yesterday I had a angina attack for about 15-20 minutes I don't know what to do. I have no medications and I am super scared to go to the doctor. I couldn't sleep as when I lay down the chest pain increased and I couldn't breathe.

[@BunnySaintV1]

Probably panic attacks or anxiety attacks. Same symptoms like heart attack or angina... The more you worry the note it will last. I used to have severe chest pain that hurt more when I'm scared thinking it's heart attack. 3 4 ECG tests done. Heart is normal. But I was hospitalized for depression and severe anxiety attacks. After taking anti depressants and anxiety meds I don't gave chest pains anymore. Also I stopped thinking chest pains are heart attacks.. If ECG is normal then it's could be panic or anxiety attacks. Go to a psychiatrist who will prescribed you anxiety meds

[@Singleosteocyte]

@@BunnySaintV1 so heres a story: mine had showed up normal once or twice before and they said because Im on anti depressives and other things it must be that and its just a panic attack. But look, my pain is to my arms, and what feels like my throat. It lasts longer than 10 minutes and its at home or outside no matter where I go. Honestly, I dont know to do. Its a terrible feeling cause I dont have anxiety anymore and im trying to get off all my medications but this has been going on for 2 years and is getting worse

[@chachaalston1698]

Look up coronary microvascular disease and cardiac syndrome x. Also look up the heart sisters concerning this condition . i hope this helps. I suffer the same . it comes mostly at rest. And does not show up on tests.

[@aayatatif8670]

@@chachaalston1698 Thank you so much. Means alot :)

[@pedroortiz3635]

@@chachaalston1698 yea men can get it too i think i have this condition is a pain one way to test for it ks to take a nhtroglycerin pill if it helps is microvascular angina given that all ypur major arteries are fine

[@user-en8lb7bk4p]

I went to the ER 6 daysago. I thought I was having a heart attack. They said everything looks normal and I might have hurt the muscle and that it could possibly be heartburn. I am Going on third week since it began hurting andI visited 2 days ago my main care provider she It might be psychological because I stress too much. But that pain feels real and also goes down my arm. I can also almost hear my heart pumping I also get dizzy, being calm makes me feel better. It seems a lot like this symptoms. I can't even sleep without worrying.

[@AndreaPerez-fp8iz]

Hey i know this is old but the same thing is happening to me! How have you been since

[@donnaleeah5075]

Please see a cardiologist if you've not. And keep persistence for tests. After 4 years yesterday's I was finally diagnosed with microvasculature angina.

[@everleighangelo217]

I’m 20 years old, I’m getting really bad chest pains right in the middle of the chest. I don’t smoke or drink. I’m a female. I lost my appetite on Sunday 20th March 2022 I’m scared to go to the doctors and check it out cause of my anxiety. I’m so scared right now. I feel like this is only happening to me.

[@dpcsfecmcc2679]

Just go and get checked and it will probably just be a anxiety attack. Ive been in your shoes and know how you feel. It's best to get checked so it puts your mind at rest x

[@nofapwolf9735]

Hi are you ok now?

[@natecorning]

get it checked!! id imagine just doing nothing would cause more anxiety than having a doctor tell you whats going on, their job is to help you!

[@allenfrank9488]

Maya chest pains are in my left shoulder started when I was about 19 and I am 70 years old now I do have congested heart failure but I'm dealing mainly with the angina but I'm still going I'm hoping to make it to 71 but you're not the only one got it when you was young I wish I think 18 or 19 I was anemic too so I had to get some iron shots p

[@mariuszp4530]

Doctor will give you a piece of mind...in meantime take flaxseed with high lingans daily with food and hawthorn if you start feeling bad...it should help 👍👍👍...good luck

[@Pinchton]

Went to doctor's yesterday for been having chest pain (admittedly localised) feeling of anxiety, etc. and she has said it is just excessive stomach acid...... no other tests or anything done and given me tablets to take for stomach.... if pain still there after a month to go back... not much good if progresses to heart attack next week. Would have thought she would have suggested some tests just to be on the safe side.

[@Magnate1992]

If you pain if relieved by antacids. then we know the cause is not heart related. So dont worry.

[@monicagupta5879]

Tony Pincham how are you now?Hope you are doing well.

[@elainebrown8136]

Useless doctor

[@mennaayman5276]

Thankssssss

[@themuffinman1187]

My upper left side of my chest is tender and causes my neck to be really tight leaning towards the left hand side. I'm really anxious and I drink a lot. What's happening

[@3rdDayHeRoseAgain]

Updates? What ended up happening with you?

[@xx_honeybee_xx4530]

Same here how are you now?

[@montecristo5353]

I didn't know I had angina for a year and a half. when I had pain in my chest I thought I had acid reflux. I immediately kept a thermos with baking soda and water mixed . unbelievably it worked until I had my gall bladder removed and did a blood test where my troponin levels were 3.95, instead who should have been .003. they took me to another hospital where they did an angiogram and a triple heart bypass. still smoking cigars but dropped my drinking.

[@ruhanovi7927]

What kind of medication should take to stop Angina? Is it "Nitroglycerin Spray" that you used in your video?

[@Liquid_Alexis]

Yes

[@p.f.h.2146]

Nitroglycerin taken either through spray, cream, or patch.

[@saptarshibhattacharya]

Yes

[@saranyasaru5601]

What medication he took

[@lakesheppard5466]

I’m having an attack right now I don’t know what to do this is taking way to long

[@goob753]

Hey dude you okay?

[@rustydabest39]

Dude I really feel you I felt like there is a toothpick or needle stuck in my heart and I cloud not breath

[@isilence4558]

@@rustydabest39 like the more you try to breath the stronger the pain gets? That’s how I feel. Someone told me to do a specific exercise n it helped

[@visualscenes]

@@isilence4558 what's the exercise?

[@visualscenes]

Oh sht why when i read this comment° a little bit on my right chest started hurting

[@harbor2368]

Yes im also experience chest tightness on my left i dont know what happen to me..

[@billysmith5721]

i have it i think and i have no meds so i use aspirin

[@mariaangelo510]

Thanks I feel pain on my chest right side, one side of my throat jaws and arm pit arm just worried 😢 it's angina attack starting I got some medicine from hospital didn't address it any advice please

[@joedoehoe6889]

I remember having chest pain during an exam a year ago, and now I'm having the same feeling, i think it's because tried to hold my breath too long and then I started to get chest pain especially at the left side,

[@DizDood]

Same on my left side. Hella stress and Anxiety!!!!

[@kaziniloy9071]

Did he take inhaler as a dose? Please make it clear.

[@donnaleeah5075]

No, they now have a spray nitro.

[@therelaxationstation5258]

Unstable angina as well ?

[@saraatallah203]

If they have bo medication and it’s first time what we will do?

[@chachaalston1698]

Hello Doctor my pain happens at rest predominantly . it's unstable the attacks last 15 , 20 to even 25 minutes. Standard tests and nuclear stress test have given no results whereas 6 years ago i was told i had cardiac syndrome x . a predominantly female heart condition that was not detectable by these standard test methods. The attacks had ceased years ago and are now back with a vengeance and cardiologists here don't have any resolve. Its dominating my life it's debilitating. Im constantly sent home with a clean bill of health only too endure more Attacks . i can have up to 8 or ten on bad nights. Sleep has become a fearful time. Can u suggest anything? Im in the new jersey area. USA.

[@MrYorickJenkins]

Im having some problems too sort of dull pain at night. Could be a version of this unstable angina. Cant suggest anything because I am a newbie too but maybe we can stay in touch? Say I cant suggest anything but give these a try, cant harm: water pyroxide, meditation, not eating in the evening.

[@pedroortiz3635]

How are ypu doin now i think i have the same thing as ypu except am a men but it happens slmetimes

[@saturninocantillon7548]

Same here .mine is 20 X a day dizziness , chest pain

[@saturninocantillon7548]

I'm here in New Jersey too .parsippany

[@sylvianazareth908]

My boyfriend William Terrace Griffiths died with a heart attack on the 9th of February 2013.

[@saintrotheljudah2801]

Sorry for your loss.

[@LyndaLynda-s4h]

Does any one realize, that Angina attacks, are so immobilizing, The pain is immense. you can't decide if you are able to live or die, it's a form of a heart attack

[@amoritamaurice7489]

Hello doctor,here are my symptoms.chestpain that last for minutes, dizziness whenever I overstressed myself and shortness of breath.severe headache sometimes

[@saptarshibhattacharya]

I am just 15 years and I have angina attacks regularly. Even walking 3-5 steps makes me feel a squeezing pain in my chest and lower jaw. It also speads to my arms. I have consulted several doctors and many ED visits but they ignore my problem. I think i have to die without treatment.

[@karese4637]

Hello.. How are you? Do you get sensation/chills from your chest to your arms, neck and jaw and also like your teeth..

[@saptarshibhattacharya]

@@karese4637 I have been discharged yesterday from hospital. Feeling much better

[@karese4637]

@@saptarshibhattacharya that's good to hear. Hope you'll get full recovery soon. These days I'm having problem and gave me lot of confusion whether I have anxiety attack or angina or gastrointestinal problem.

[@saptarshibhattacharya]

@@karese4637 if u hv problem with chest pain, get a TMT done...that's the ultimate test to check for CAD. If u hv chest pain at rest...go to the ED right away...they will do an ECG and admit you. You may need percutaneous coronary intervention like me

[@allenfrank9488]

Sounds like my doctor but I'm an old guy so I can't believe it you're so young and it's happening to you keep an eye on it change doctors if you have to take that stuff seriously on people that have a heart attacks real young and and angina but they're two different things you take care of yourself p

[@edgesherun9880]

Mine its like electric or squeezing on my left chest, didn't last long it's like 3 or 2 seconds then goes away every night I'm 21.

[@5daqiiqo187]

Same here. did you find out the problem? Plz answer.

[@edgesherun9880]

@@5daqiiqo187 i think i got spleen problem search it.

[@Giahewitt91]

What if I have no meds and the pain is starting in my sleep and goes on for hours ?

[@lakesheppard5466]

I don’t have medicine it’s been 10 minutes

[@naveedwaseer6060]

Gud

[@patwarburtonr7488]

By surrendering and placing everything into God’s. In His own good time and according to His will you will see His hands in everything.

[@NabiBreeze]

Amen

[@tammyvanhamlin4768]

Save this comment

[@AZtheHippie-jq3ve]

Gross.

[@smcdaniel9241]

No see a doctor!

[@dawnbowra8885]

Putting it in gods hands is like ramping at the hospital…you going to surely die…

[@tea3807]

One question,how do we have heart attacks and how to get 0 heart attacks

[@khalilgantt9104]

I may have some type of angina, the attacks usually last seconds and I’ve had them during exertion and while resting.ekg said I was fine.could it be anxiety or should I go deeper with testing???

[@cedriccabral3250]

I get it while working out, left arm pain, left chest tightness, lasts 20-30 minutes, also after heavy meals sometimes. I have anxiety disorder but its been happening over the last 2 months now only. I got a EKG and it came normal. I have a echocardiogram booked and I want to do a stress echocardiogram as well. Also CT scans can be helpful. Make sure to get blood work on red blood cell count and cholesterol, ask for blood work for heart. Im only 20 and within 8 days of steroids started getting these symptoms accompanied with high blood pressure . Since blood pressure has returned to normal after i quit i still have the pain after working out. Hoping its anxiety but its basically confimed to be heart related for me at this point. Also double vaxxed

[@khalilgantt9104]

@@cedriccabral3250 alright, thanks I’ll check more out on this

[@cedriccabral3250]

@@khalilgantt9104 did you get the vaccines too and how old are you?

[@awarsame9086]

@@cedriccabral3250 A lot of people that are v@xxed have heart problems

[@nofapwolf9735]

@@cedriccabral3250 how are you now? Have you recovered?

[@ammarturkmani7369]

during the attack, does the patient need 300 mg Aspirin plus SL nitroglycerin?

[@AK-ms5ou]

I think just take whatever medication they have been prescribed but would most likely be the GTN spray.

[@itznyx18]

I'm watching this rn cuz I'm experiencing the symptoms. I have no medications because my mom doesn't have money. I also can't get checked cuz again, no money. My chest has been hurting for the past 3 hours now. Idk what to do.

[@isilence4558]

Any updates?

[@visualscenes]

No Chest pains for me though, just pressure and squeezing it's scaring the sht out of me, and ofc stomach growling :/

[@UmarAli-el8et]

@@visualscenes Same here, how are you now?

[@visualscenes]

@@UmarAli-el8et earlier days at school theres this one time it was after that moment that happened(what I said at my first comment) yea after that I was hyperventilating so bad It felt like I was super out of breath maybe because of the recitation but whatever then my chest started to hurt when I breath deeply. The clinic didn't help me they just kicked me out of there (we don't talk about that there's more toxic sht that happened there.) It was a bad experience. :/ sure that was angina right? Good thing it wasn't really that worst but it was stiff and the anxiety is just adding up -_- (excuse me from my grammar)

[@visualscenes]

I don't really wanna say too much things so this is all I can say.

[@lakesheppard5466]

I’m about to pass out I only have WiFi no signal I yhink I’m going to Laas out

[@soshilucy]

Are you okay now? Its been a month.

[@lakesheppard5466]

lucy I did Laas out

[@joedoehoe6889]

@@lakesheppard5466 what happened

[@lakesheppard5466]

Hurry

[@ChanelDash699]

I surrender my life and health including everyone here that has this problem I trust in God that everything will be okay Amen 🙏

[@AZtheHippie-jq3ve]

How's that working out for you?

[@mayragonzalez1032]

He said 15 or 50 mins???

[@Magnate1992]

15

[@hassanissa8004]

my mom died yesterday for Angina she mistook for having gas unfortunately she is died 😢😢😢😢

[@ZenaHerbert]

I send you condolences for your loss. May your mom rest peacefully.

[@hassanissa8004]

Thansk am really heart broken she was my world and she think she had gas it wasn't she was having heart attack

[@ZenaHerbert]

I am sorry. It is very hard to deal with at any time but when it is so unexpected it is worse. Being your Mom's son, you will find the strength to manage this awful time. Courage.

[@ubeydahahmed8212]

Bro what are the signs she was having

[@jennyhorsburgh1078]

my nana had an angina attack but she didn't die. Hopefully she doesn't 't have any more

[@Tamanna-g1p]

So much helpful Video , Total heart support by Planet Ayurveda this is also very helpful to manage the symptoms