Show your wi dod betor S says 0 0 0 the following is one of a series of art cles written by members of the utah slate state ale Sl edical association and published in cooperation with your local newspaper these articles are scheduled fo to appear every other week peek throughout the year in an effort to better acquaint o 0 you with problems of health and designed to improve the she welt being of the people of utah TRUE ANGINA VERSUS FALSE ANGINA the most frequent type of heart disease in people over the age of 30 is due to hardening arteno arterio sclerosis of tha the corona coronary ry arteries the vessels which supply blood to the heart muscles the walls of the cor coronary conary arteries become hard eneo and thickened usually with narrowing of the channels and a decrease in the size of the blood stream which flows through them this reduction in the blood supply to the heart mus cle cles S frequently results in pain in thi center of the chest brought on by bv exert on or marked emotion and relieve promptly by bv rest this symptom is commonly known a as angina pectoris true ansi angi na or simply angina at times a ot ibus forms in a th ti coro coronary narl artery block ing the channel and cutting off the blood supply to a portion of the heart muscle this cond tion is s called coronary thrombosis and is popularly known as a heart attack the blocking of a coronary artery by a blood clot is not related to exertion and may occur whether a person is resting or exercising the pain that develops when a heart attack occurs is located in the center of the chest as in true angina however it is much more severe it lasts much longer and is not relieved promptly by rest there are irany conditions not due to heart disease which may produce pain in iii the center or the left side of the chest this type of pair has be n called false angina the most condition causing such pain is nervousness or anxiety other conditions which mai inal cause this type of chest pain are inflammation of the lining of the lung pleurisy or the lining of the heart arrita tion of the nerves neuritis of he chest wall hernia of the dia gall stones stomach ulcer e etc te in most cases the personal P physician hys ician can decide whether a person has true or false angina from a careful consideration of the description of the pain and the re suits of a com complete physical exam in occasional cases x ra rays s and electrocardiograms may be e required true angina occurs most fre in people over 40 years of age it occurs much more often in men than in women most chest pain is false angina and has nothing to do with heart disease however since chest pain may be true angina any person with chest pain should have the fon eon d tion checked by his personal rhys physician ician |