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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
Caring for someone with angina
Partner
If you have a partner with angina, there are a number of helpful strategies you can be involved in to help support your partner:
- Cook smaller meals - your partner needs to avoid eating really large meals, so when you cook, try to cook smaller meals. Ultimately your partner should have about 5-6 smaller meals during the day and it would be encouraging (and more healthier for you too), to do the same
- Don't smoke - if you smoke, only do so outside the house (and car) and never smoking near your partner as the second hand some for your cigarettes can damage their artery walls and exacerbate their angina
- Exercise program - encourage your partner to engage in some type of exercise program which has been recommended by your doctor, who will advise the best types of exercise for your partner. Walking will most likely be advised, so go for regular walks with your partner, when your schedule permits
- Healthy diet - ensure to cook healthy and fresh food, with your partner and remove (or limit) processed foods, junk foods and saturated fats from your diet to help reduce their temptation to eat these types of foods
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Friends
If you have a friend with angina, you can help support them through:
- Don't smoke - if you smoke cigarettes, try to refrain from doing so around your friend, as your second hand cigarette smoke can damage their artery walls and exacerbate their angina
Parents
Parents of a child with angina (which while rare, does occur) can help their child with the following strategies:
- Antibiotics before and after dental work - either ensure you give your child the antibiotics or remind them to take them before (1 hour) and after (6 hours) any dental work, to prevent any possible infection in the tooth from affecting the heart
- Cook smaller meals - your child needs to avoid eating really large meals, so when you cook, try to cook smaller meals. Ultimately your child should have about 5-6 smaller meals during the day and it would be encouraging (and more healthier for you and the rest of the family too), to do the same
- Exercise program - encourage your child to engage in some type of exercise program which has been recommended by your doctor, who will advise the best types of exercise for your child
- Healthy diet - ensure to cook healthy and fresh food, provide healthy lunches and snacks for your child, remove (or limit) processed foods and junk foods and saturated fats from the diet
- Fish twice a week - oily fish such as mackerel, salmon, sardines, trout or tuna should be part of your child's diet at least two times a week. The fish can be steamed, grilled, baked or even fried, but only with good quality cold pressed, extra virgin olive oil
- Stop smoking near your child - if you smoke, only do so outside the house (and car) and never smoking near your child as the second hand some for your cigarettes can damage their artery walls and exacerbate their angina
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< 11: living with angina 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.
