Silent Angina
silent angina
what is silent angina as a heart complaint?
When someone has “angina” it is a symptom of coronary artery disease. Angina is usually caused by partial occlusion or spasm of the artery. Often this occurs when the oxygen demand of the heart muscle (due to exertion, smoking etc.) exceeds the arterial blood supply to the heart muscle due to pathophysiology (disease) present.
Angina is usually chest pain and/or left arm pain… sometimes it can be jaw pain or other atypical discomfort. In women and sometimes diabetics no symptoms are obvious tho the same problems are occurring. Also persons with transplanted hearts do not have angina since the nerves have been severed that would allow this. This might be called “silent angina” which could be dangerous. This could lead to what is called a “silent heart attack”. Where the person could have heart damage or even die and not be forewarned by the usual symptoms.
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