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- What is angina?
- Symptoms of angina
- Causes of angina
- Prevention of angina
- Risk factors for angina
- Complications of angina
- When to see a doctor about angina
- Diagnosis of angina
- Conventional treatment of angina
- Alternative/complementary treatment of angina
- Living with angina
- Caring for someone with angina
Research shows that there are some known risk factors associated with the development of angina.
Some of these risk factors are unpreventable:
- Being male - men of all ages seem to have a higher risk for angina
- Being over 50 - people over 50 have a higher risk for developing angina than people who are younger and this is due to the body not functioning as well as it should, especially the cardiovascular and circulatory systems
- Genetics - people who have a family history of angina or any type of heart disease are also at a higher risk for developing angina
- Type 1 diabetes - people with type 1 diabetes, in which the body produces antibodies that destroy the beta cells in the pancreas that produce insulin are at a higher risk for angina
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Some of these risk factors are entirely preventable:
- Being overweight/obese - people whose weight is higher than the healthy weight range for their age and height, especially those people who have a high weight circumference (larger than 80cm for women and larger than 94cm for men), have a higher risk for angina and any type of heart disease
- High blood pressure - people who have high blood pressure (hypertension) also have a higher risk for angina and this is due to the damaging effect that high blood pressure has on the artery walls
- High cholesterol levels - people who have high blood LDL ("bad") cholesterol levels, have a higher risk for angina and coronary artery disease, because the excess cholesterol may clog up the artery walls, which causes a risk for the condition atherosclerosis and also be a risk factor for a heart attack too
- Little or no physical activity - a sedentary lifestyle (where there is very little to no physical activity) will increase the risk for angina because it means the heart may not be working properly
- Smoking - people who smoke have a higher risk for angina as smoking can damage the walls of the arteries and make it more likely that angina (and other types of heart disease) to occur
- Type 2 diabetes - people with type 2 diabetes, the one which generally develops through obesity and an unhealthy lifestyle, have a much higher risk for developing angina too
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< 4: prevention 6: complications > Last reviewed: 24 August 2007 || Last updated: 6 January 2009
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Disclaimer: This guide is not intended to be used for diagnostic or prescriptive purposes. For any treatment or diagnosis of illness, please see your doctor.
