What triggers an angina attack?

When you climb stairs, exercise or walk, your heart demands more blood, but narrowed arteries slow down blood flow. Besides physical activity, other factors such as emotional stress, cold temperatures, heavy meals and smoking also can narrow arteries and trigger angina.

Do you need to go to hospital for angina?

Angina can bother you when you are doing activities like walking, climbing stairs, exercising, or cleaning. You should go to the emergency room if you have chest pain that won’t go away.

Can a heart attack be caused by angina?

These treatments will help reduce pain and discomfort and how often the angina pain occurs. They will also prevent or lower your risk for heart attack and death by treating whatever underlying cardiovascular condition you may have. Not all chest pain is a sign of heart disease. Print our downloadable sheet: What is Angina?

What kind of pain does angina feel like?

Angina pain may even feel like indigestion. But, angina is not a disease. It is a symptom of an underlying heart problem, usually coronary heart disease (CHD). There are many types of angina, including microvascular angina, Prinzmetal’s angina, stable angina, unstable angina and variant angina. View an animation of angina.

What can be done about chest pain caused by angina?

Treatment of angina includes: These treatments will help reduce pain and discomfort and how often the angina pain occurs. They will also prevent or lower your risk for heart attack and death by treating whatever underlying cardiovascular condition you may have. Not all chest pain is a sign of heart disease.

How long does it take for an angina attack to end?

Sometimes it is just an uncomfortable sensation, not really a pain. Angina is not affected by the position of your body or by taking a deep breath, while other causes of chest pain, such as pleurisy or pericarditis, often are. Angina attacks usually last a few minutes.