Causes of angina in women

In our daily life, we have all heard of the disease of angina pectoris to some extent. So, do you know the cause of angina pectoris? What factors cause angina pectoris? How to prevent and prevent this disease?

What causes angina pectoris?

1. Excessive fatigue

Fatigue is one of the factors that cause angina pectoris. Typical work-related angina pectoris often occurs in long-term stressful mental work, working overtime at night, intense labor, fast walking, mountain climbing, climbing stairs, cycling and other activities. Because after fatigue, the heart rate increases, which increases the heart's oxygen consumption, resulting in insufficient coronary blood supply and causing angina pectoris, which can usually be relieved after a short rest.

Proper approach: Avoid strenuous work or sudden exertion, and do not overexert yourself. Of course, patients with angina pectoris should still carry out meaningful and appropriate exercise based on their actual condition. In short, you should pay attention to arranging your time reasonably and ensure adequate sleep.

2. Emotional excitement

When the body is in a state of excessive excitement, sadness, fear, etc., these emotions can be transmitted through the central nervous system, on the one hand causing the heart rate to increase, blood pressure to rise, and thus causing increased heart palpitations and itching, on the other hand causing coronary artery spasm, reduced heart blood supply, and causing angina pectoris.

Appropriate approach: Pay attention to adjusting your daily life and workload, maintain a happy mood, and reduce mental burden. Be broad-minded and be able to talk and laugh easily about anything. There's no need to get angry over trivial matters.

3. Excessive diet

Overeating is also one of the causes of angina pectoris, which can manifest as chest pain during meals or angina pectoris after meals. This is mainly because eating too much increases the energy consumed by the digestive tract to digest food, increases heart pressure, and reduces blood supply to the arteries, which in turn causes angina pectoris.

Appropriate approach: Patients with angina pectoris should pay attention to controlling their diet, do not eat too much, or eat meat every day, should eat less foods rich in fat and cholesterol, try to control sugar intake, eat more vegetables and fruits, eat more fish, and drink milk. Especially dinner should not be eaten too much to avoid acute myocardial infarction.

4. Drinking too little water

Blood accumulation is also a common cause of angina pectoris. Some very few patients are afraid to drink water before going to bed and at night in order to reduce the frequency of urination. In addition, some elderly people have poor kidney function and frequent urination at night, which eventually leads to blood accumulation and concentration, increased circulatory resistance, and increased cardiac load, resulting in angina pectoris.

Correct approach: Especially the elderly, do not intentionally reduce drinking water, drink water when necessary.

5. Arrhythmia

Arrhythmia is one of the causes of angina pectoris. This is because arrhythmia causes coronary artery spasm, sudden blood vessel blockage, myocardial ischemia, which in turn increases heart power consumption and reduces blood discharge, resulting in coronary blood congestion, which in turn causes angina pectoris. Arrhythmia refers to any abnormality in the origin of cardiac impulses, heart rate and regularity, and impulse transmission. It can be caused by various organic cardiovascular diseases, drug poisoning, electrolyte and acid-base imbalance and other factors. Some arrhythmias can also be caused by autonomic nervous system dysfunction.

Appropriate approach: If arrhythmia occurs during emotional excitement, heavy physical work, excessive exercise, and fever, or after drinking a lot of alcohol, tea, coffee, smoking continuously, or taking certain drugs (such as atropine, digitalis, quinidine), it is a normal condition. Conversely, if no obvious cause of the disease is found, further investigation should be carried out to find out the cause. The causes of arrhythmia are very complicated, and its diagnosis and treatment must be performed by experienced physicians, especially cardiovascular disease specialists.

6. Smoking and drinking

Excessive smoking can not only reduce blood oxygen and exercise tolerance of patients with angina pectoris, but also increase the sensitivity of coronary arteries, which can easily cause muscle spasms when encountering irritation, thereby causing angina pectoris in the elderly or aggravating angina pectoris; excessive drinking can dilate peripheral blood vessels, reduce blood pressure, and accelerate heart rate, resulting in insufficient blood supply to the heart and insufficient oxygen production by the heart, thereby causing angina pectoris.

Appropriate approach: Quit smoking and drinking.