Healthy Heart - RG Teach

How is angina treated?

Drugs are usually used at first, but for some people angioplasty or surgery may be needed. Drug treatment of angina…

Your doctor can usually tell if it is angina from what you say your pain feels like, where it is,…

Pain in the chest does not always mean that there is anything wrong with your heart. Some people mistake simple…

If one or more of your coronary arteries becomes narrowed, the blood supply to your heart muscle may be restricted.…

Angina is an uncomfortable feeling in the chest that is usually brought on by exercise or emotional upset. For some…

Sometimes after a stroke relatives are unable to cope because the patient is too disabled or they are too infirm.…

Staff at the local Department of Health and Social Security will be able to advise on the entitlement to one…

Social Services should be able to arrange for adaptations such as a ramp to take a wheelchair, or handrails alongside…

Self-help relative groups have started up in many stroke clubs, day centres and hospitals because it was realised that relatives…

Some people are concerned that the excitement of sexual intercourse may bring on another stroke. This is unlikely. Medication given…