Angina help please

[Bazmack48]

Hubby had HA Oct 2016, 4 stents and all the normal drugs. He has been fine until today, he had chest pains and looked very white. I went straight for 999, advised to give him aspirin and use his GTN spray, ever been diagnosed with Angina but years ago given spray in case of need. BP 240/120, ECG looked okay according to paramedics but as BP not going down even after more GTN taken to hospital. Should say never been diagnosed with angina but cursor won’t go back. What can we expect to happen now if it is Angina.

[richard_jw]

There are many pills which are for angina and also lower blood pressure. I have to say that the symptoms you describe mean that you made the righr choice in 999. Normally when you get this sort of symptoms the hospital do am ecg which is more comprehensive than the paramedics can do, also a blood test to check for troponin levels (a marker which shows if you have a heart attack), If no heart attack its down to the cardiologists to prescribe anti angina and BP meds

[-007-]

Hi there,As richard_jw said, you made the right choice in the 999 call.

In my case… I had angina for around 10 years before my heart attack in 2016. In all that time they said my symptoms were asthma and a few other things.

Once I had the heart attack I was treated for angina and had 5 stents.

8 to 10 months later the angina symptoms came back an angiogram showed 2 of the 5 stents blocked and sever heart disease to the extent that stunting would not do the job.

A bypass operation was booked and a date given.

Then I had a passive angina attack. This led to my doctor sending me to hospital in 2019 and I didn’t come back out till I had a quintuple bypass (CABGx 5).

In my experience the angina made itself known by a pinching of the throat, pain in the chest, arm and jaw amongst other things like shortness of breath.

The GTN stopped those symptoms almost straight away.

Until I started getting passive angina and then the GTN helped but only a little.

That’s when things got urgent.

I ended up two days before the operation in intensive care on a drip to keep me going until I got to the operating theatre.

So if it’s active angina = don’t overdo things to bring it on, take your meds, will probably need an another angiogram.

If it’s passive angina = all the above, and I would think, urgent angiogram (danger zone).

This is just my personal experience. I am not a healthcare professional.

Hope this helps 👍

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My name is Bond, James Bond and I take my aspirin shaken not stirred 🍸

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[Bazmack48 in reply to -007-]

Thank you for your reply. Hubby was sent home by taxi tonight with four new drugs. He has to have another angio as his systolic BP went to 200! It was found his sodium levels were low which caused confusion over past few days. When I visited this afternoon they were transferring him to another ward and a few hours later the hospital booked a taxi and sent him home in a very confused state. During this confusion they asked him when he wanted the angio, he said at a later date according to the discharge form. Not sure how urgent this is so will be trying to contact the cardiologist tomorrow. All in all a very bad experience from an outstanding hospital.

[-007-]

Hope you get it all sorted. Best of luck 👍