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Question about use of Glyceryl Trinitrate
Recently been diagnosed as Anemic. Its affecting my heart. Does anyone know if using the above frequently, say 2 to 3 times a day causes the heart to weaken further or is it safe to do so in the long run?
Recently been diagnosed as Anemic. Its affecting my heart. Does anyone know if using the above frequently, say 2 to 3 times a day causes the heart to weaken further or is it safe to do so in the long run?
rubina786
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British Heart Foundation
1 year ago
Stable Angina or Microvascular? Should I ask for further tests?
Hello Was diagnosed with stable angina on Monday after a couple of episodes running (chest pain, clammy, shaky). I've had an ECG today (all clear) and bloods taken. The doctor on Monday basically signed me off (that's what it felt like) and told me not to worry too much (easier said than done) and
Hello Was diagnosed with stable angina on Monday after a couple of episodes running (chest pain, clammy, shaky). I've had an ECG today (all clear) and bloods taken. The doctor on Monday basically signed me off (that's what it felt like) and told me not to worry too much (easier said than done) and
MuffinTop99
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British Heart Foundation
1 year ago
GTN Spray or tablets?...
Hi. I'm due to go away for 3 months to a very hot area without Aircon or refrigeration. I not on my GTN spray it has a temperature storage range and I'll not be able to meet that range - it will be too hot. Would I be better off with tablets? Incidentally I've not had to use the spray once since a stent
Hi. I'm due to go away for 3 months to a very hot area without Aircon or refrigeration. I not on my GTN spray it has a temperature storage range and I'll not be able to meet that range - it will be too hot. Would I be better off with tablets? Incidentally I've not had to use the spray once since a stent
RATP
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British Heart Foundation
1 year ago
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It’s gone a bit pear shaped
I posted the other day about having a stress echo, I knew it hadn’t gone well after all it lead to an angina attack. I’ve been having mild chest pains ever since my quadruple CABG last June which I thought would improve but it hasn’t. My surgeon called me today to tell me it looks like there is a problem
I posted the other day about having a stress echo, I knew it hadn’t gone well after all it lead to an angina attack. I’ve been having mild chest pains ever since my quadruple CABG last June which I thought would improve but it hasn’t. My surgeon called me today to tell me it looks like there is a problem
Jako999
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British Heart Foundation
2 years ago
Angina or not
Please can one some one explain if angina is always chest pain related. Since my Stents in Sept 2022 I have been having pain both arms neck and shoulders. I went into A&E once only after that and they said it was muscoskeletal pain. All the tests showed no HA. Also at what point do I take GTN spray if
Please can one some one explain if angina is always chest pain related. Since my Stents in Sept 2022 I have been having pain both arms neck and shoulders. I went into A&E once only after that and they said it was muscoskeletal pain. All the tests showed no HA. Also at what point do I take GTN spray if
Hamedk
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British Heart Foundation
2 years ago
Climbing the walls after perfusion scan
Had triple by pass 2019 followed by 1 stent 3 weeks later. Have had periods of unstable angina ever since. Cardiac team have tried to get to the source of the problem …. 5 day monitoring in hospital, angiograms ( 3 since 2019) etc So last week I attended Southampton hospital for a perfusion scan
Had triple by pass 2019 followed by 1 stent 3 weeks later. Have had periods of unstable angina ever since. Cardiac team have tried to get to the source of the problem …. 5 day monitoring in hospital, angiograms ( 3 since 2019) etc So last week I attended Southampton hospital for a perfusion scan
Worling
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British Heart Foundation
2 years ago
GTN Spray
Hello, I am new here. Hoping everyone is well :) I had a question regarding the GTN spray. I do not use it frequently however, whenever I do, I have noticed that my BPM (heart rate) accelerates quite quickly and is up and down for the first 10 mins or so. Is this a normal response to the spray as I
Hello, I am new here. Hoping everyone is well :) I had a question regarding the GTN spray. I do not use it frequently however, whenever I do, I have noticed that my BPM (heart rate) accelerates quite quickly and is up and down for the first 10 mins or so. Is this a normal response to the spray as I
Tos92
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British Heart Foundation
2 years ago
hi all, I,m feeling a bit confused.
I had HA and 1 stent (LAD) in Oct 2020. At the time my ef was 37% . I was told this was the only blockage but left with some damage to my heart. In march last year I had a heart scan and recieved a letter in May stating my heart was nearly back to normal, great news. Then in December I started to get
I had HA and 1 stent (LAD) in Oct 2020. At the time my ef was 37% . I was told this was the only blockage but left with some damage to my heart. In march last year I had a heart scan and recieved a letter in May stating my heart was nearly back to normal, great news. Then in December I started to get
Gigi1958
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British Heart Foundation
2 years ago
micro vascular angina good news!
Hi All, I hope everyone’s doing well! I was walking on the beach with my wife and suffered a crushing chest pain (worse than the pain I had had with my previous two MI’s) shortness of breath and sweating. I used my GTN spray twice but it had no effect. I was blue lighted to hospital. All test proved
Hi All, I hope everyone’s doing well! I was walking on the beach with my wife and suffered a crushing chest pain (worse than the pain I had had with my previous two MI’s) shortness of breath and sweating. I used my GTN spray twice but it had no effect. I was blue lighted to hospital. All test proved
Bondstreet1
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British Heart Foundation
2 years ago
Statin Chest Pain
after an angiogram last September which showed clear the cardiologist instructed me to come off pre-cautionary nitrates and I was told to stay on 40mg Atorvastatin and commence Diltiazem 2 x 60mg per day as well as one Aspirin 75mg. Although not tested cardiologist thinks I have Microvascular angina
after an angiogram last September which showed clear the cardiologist instructed me to come off pre-cautionary nitrates and I was told to stay on 40mg Atorvastatin and commence Diltiazem 2 x 60mg per day as well as one Aspirin 75mg. Although not tested cardiologist thinks I have Microvascular angina
Fonzo
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British Heart Foundation
2 years ago
A Hospital admission and another failed attempt at a CT Angiogram 😥
Hello All, It's me again. I apologise for posting so regularly in the last few weeks. It's been an eventful week 😕 I was admitted to the hospital on Saturday night. I had chest pain, left arm pain and a very high heart rate. I panicked and called an ambulance. I was told it could be a 40 minutes
Hello All, It's me again. I apologise for posting so regularly in the last few weeks. It's been an eventful week 😕 I was admitted to the hospital on Saturday night. I had chest pain, left arm pain and a very high heart rate. I panicked and called an ambulance. I was told it could be a 40 minutes
IamAli_R
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British Heart Foundation
2 years ago
Squalene Monooxygenase
New Australian study below [1]. When tumors outgrow their blood supply, they experience hypoxia (insufficient oxygen). The normal defence for any cell is the generation of hypoxia-inducible factors [HIFs]. HIFs have cell survival functions. In PCa, HIF-1alpha is the most studied. It triggers the
New Australian study below [1]. When tumors outgrow their blood supply, they experience hypoxia (insufficient oxygen). The normal defence for any cell is the generation of hypoxia-inducible factors [HIFs]. HIFs have cell survival functions. In PCa, HIF-1alpha is the most studied. It triggers the
pjoshea13
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Fight Prostate Cancer
2 years ago
Living with presumed myocarditis which turned out to be MI
Sorry for this long post. I couldn't think how to make it shorter. I've found it hugely helpful to read the posts on this forum so I thought I'd reach out to seek some support and wisdom. My husband was fit and active (we enjoyed leisure cycling 15-20 miles, walking, gardening etc) until Oct '21. A
Sorry for this long post. I couldn't think how to make it shorter. I've found it hugely helpful to read the posts on this forum so I thought I'd reach out to seek some support and wisdom. My husband was fit and active (we enjoyed leisure cycling 15-20 miles, walking, gardening etc) until Oct '21. A
Kinfusion
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British Heart Foundation
2 years ago
Long haul travel tips, please.
Long haul travel tips, please. Recent diagnosis of Atrial Flutters and Fibrillation and “may have” microvascular angina. Meds are Bisoprolol, Apixaban, Atorvastatin (and GTN spray which I’ve never needed) Thank you to those who recently responded to my query re travel insurance – I’m now seeking advice
Long haul travel tips, please. Recent diagnosis of Atrial Flutters and Fibrillation and “may have” microvascular angina. Meds are Bisoprolol, Apixaban, Atorvastatin (and GTN spray which I’ve never needed) Thank you to those who recently responded to my query re travel insurance – I’m now seeking advice
guinness1759
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British Heart Foundation
2 years ago
Clear Angiogram but angina symptoms persist
I have left axis deviation and following months of on and off chest discomfort (heaviness and occasional dull ache) and visits to my doctor, I got to see a Cardiologist. Given my ECG and left axis deviation he arranged for an Angiogram and put me on Aspirin (75mg), Atorvastatin (40mg) and Isosorbide
I have left axis deviation and following months of on and off chest discomfort (heaviness and occasional dull ache) and visits to my doctor, I got to see a Cardiologist. Given my ECG and left axis deviation he arranged for an Angiogram and put me on Aspirin (75mg), Atorvastatin (40mg) and Isosorbide
Fonzo
in
British Heart Foundation
2 years ago
Pins and needles feeling
It all started on Tuesday. I had a bloated feeling and thought it was trapped wind? Took a Windeze and it seemed to help that feeling but then got a tingling in my face which was weird this then progressed to my shoulder's, arms and chest. It then seemed to ease and I just carried on. It was an effort
It all started on Tuesday. I had a bloated feeling and thought it was trapped wind? Took a Windeze and it seemed to help that feeling but then got a tingling in my face which was weird this then progressed to my shoulder's, arms and chest. It then seemed to ease and I just carried on. It was an effort
Offcut
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Atrial Fibrillation Support
2 years ago
Pins and Needles
It all started on Tuesday. I had a bloated feeling and thought it was trapped wind? Took a Windeze and it seemed to help that feeling but then got a tingling in my face which was weird this then progressed to my shoulder's, arms and chest. It then seemed to ease and I just carried on. It was an effort
It all started on Tuesday. I had a bloated feeling and thought it was trapped wind? Took a Windeze and it seemed to help that feeling but then got a tingling in my face which was weird this then progressed to my shoulder's, arms and chest. It then seemed to ease and I just carried on. It was an effort
Offcut
in
Lung Conditions Community Forum
2 years ago
Angina
HiJust curious about changing from gtn spray, to slow release isosbide capsules 25 mgs. 1 each morning.I have been prescribed gtn spray since h.a.3 years ago .I was with Doctor today and he thinks these capsules might be better for me...I've read some reviews and apparently alot of side effects..
HiJust curious about changing from gtn spray, to slow release isosbide capsules 25 mgs. 1 each morning.I have been prescribed gtn spray since h.a.3 years ago .I was with Doctor today and he thinks these capsules might be better for me...I've read some reviews and apparently alot of side effects..
Sunnysummerdays
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British Heart Foundation
2 years ago
unstable angina
We have a friend who has unstable angina and has been in hospital countless times but nothing happens other than being given intravenous gtn and morphine. He also has low blood pressure which prevents him being given medication that may help but would lower his blood pressure causing dizziness. Has
We have a friend who has unstable angina and has been in hospital countless times but nothing happens other than being given intravenous gtn and morphine. He also has low blood pressure which prevents him being given medication that may help but would lower his blood pressure causing dizziness. Has
Maninblack
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British Heart Foundation
2 years ago
Parkwalk
Hey Everyone I've just completed my first parkwalk, I missed running and did want to run it (I might have jogged a tiny bit) and my time was 51:28 which ironically was my first Parkrun time back in the summer, way before we even knew I had any heart issues. I had my GTN spray, Asthma inhaler and am
Hey Everyone I've just completed my first parkwalk, I missed running and did want to run it (I might have jogged a tiny bit) and my time was 51:28 which ironically was my first Parkrun time back in the summer, way before we even knew I had any heart issues. I had my GTN spray, Asthma inhaler and am
Valentina98
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British Heart Foundation
2 years ago
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