Angina Support Group
Angina pectoris is chest pain due to ischemia (a lack of blood and hence oxygen supply) to the heart muscle, generally due to obstruction or spasm of the coronary arteries (the heart's blood vessels). Coronary artery disease, the main cause of angina, is due to atherosclerosis of the cardiac arteries.
I have been told by 3 doctors in Thailand I don't have stable angina...
But I'm not sure.
- I'm a 46 years old male.
- 120/75 pulse
- 99% oxygen
- Normal ECG
- Normal Blood works for Cholesterol ect....
- No smoke
- Drink Very little
- Slightly overweight at 82 kilos and 169 cm
- Have pretty bad anxiety
- Have intermittent GERD
Now sometimes, I walk 3 feet and get chest pains...or one flight of stairs, or simply grab a glass of water from the fridge. That's my fear about angina. There is no real pain, but a discomfort in solar plexus, lasts about 1-3 seconds.
Last night, I also had pain at rest, but moving around in bed could get rid of it. In the solar plexus again.
Now the problem is...
I can run 10 km with ease, swim 40 minutes sessions, all without symptoms.
Additionally, to test myself today, I did 28 flights of stairs in one shot and ran up half of them.
No symptoms.
Can I trust the 3 doctors (in Thailand) and rule out stable Angina?
They say that if I had it , I couldn't' do these activities without a problem.
They blame it all on GERD. and anxiety...
But I'm not sure.
- I'm a 46 years old male.
- 120/75 pulse
- 99% oxygen
- Normal ECG
- Normal Blood works for Cholesterol ect....
- No smoke
- Drink Very little
- Slightly overweight at 82 kilos and 169 cm
- Have pretty bad anxiety
- Have intermittent GERD
Now sometimes, I walk 3 feet and get chest pains...or one flight of stairs, or simply grab a glass of water from the fridge. That's my fear about angina. There is no real pain, but a discomfort in solar plexus, lasts about 1-3 seconds.
Last night, I also had pain at rest, but moving around in bed could get rid of it. In the solar plexus again.
Now the problem is...
I can run 10 km with ease, swim 40 minutes sessions, all without symptoms.
Additionally, to test myself today, I did 28 flights of stairs in one shot and ran up half of them.
No symptoms.
Can I trust the 3 doctors (in Thailand) and rule out stable Angina?
They say that if I had it , I couldn't' do these activities without a problem.
They blame it all on GERD. and anxiety...
Just for clarification, stable angina is when you get chest pain during physical exertion. Unstable angina is when you get it at rest or during physical exertion.
Having enjoyed Unstable Angina for almost 10 years I can honestly say it doesn't sound like what you have going on. I also have GERD and can attest to the symptoms being much as you are describing...so it's simple, try some decent GERD medication and see what happens. I take pantoprazole daily and only have GERD now when I forget to take my pill.
Good luck