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I’m currently on holiday in the cannery island since being here when going out walking noticed my wrist band is going tight I suffer from micro vascular angina and was just wondering if anyone else had anything similar or is it just down to the heat as I have never had this before many thanks in advance

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It could be the flying or the change in climate or both.

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gasp1 in reply to devonian186

many thanks for that was slightly worried as it’s not something I had before and do travel abroad on a regular basis, but suppose body reacts in different ways many thanks 🙏

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Just-Wanna-Run

Hi Gasp1, I too suffer from microvascular angina. Last year I suffered terribly with swollen feet and hands, especially when I'd flown to Athens on a business trip and my feet were so swollen I couldn't get my safety boots on. My fingers looked like fat Sausages. I put it down to flying and the heat but I started getting it when I woke in the morning and when it wasn't so warm. I contacted my cardio team and had a n echo heart scan to make sure there wasn't any muscle damage that could have been causing it and was told it was a common side effect of Felodipine. My dose was reduced from 10mg to 5mg a day and the issue went away. Its worth just getting it checked out.

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thanks for that I will make contact with doctor always worried about mithering them 😬

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