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Most people who have stable angina can continue their normal activities. These include work, hobbies, and sexual activity. Learn how much exertion triggers your angina so you can try to stop and rest before the chest pain starts. Learn how to lower and manage stress.
Nurses play a crucial role in the pharmacologic management of chest pain, administering medications, monitoring responses, and providing education. Their expertise ensures effective symptom relief and improved outcomes in cardiac blood flow. Nitroglycerin is the standard for treating and preventing anginal pain.
If your chest pain is new, changing or otherwise unexplained, seek help from a health care provider. If you think youre having a heart attack, call 911 or your local emergency number.
You need to control your risk factors. These include high blood pressure, cigarette smoking, high blood cholesterol levels, lack of exercise, excess weight, and a diet high in saturated fat. Take your medicines exactly as directed. This is an important part of living with angina.
Most patients with stable angina can be managed with lifestyle changes, especially smoking cessation and regular exercise, along with taking antianginal drugs.
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The patient should exercise and eat a low-fat diet. Blood sugar levels may be decreased with diet, exercise, or pharmacotherapy. Patients at risk for unstable angina should avoid intense physical activity, especially in cold weather.
First aid for someone experiencing chest pain Calm the person down and help them to rest, for example in a semi-seated position. Call 112 immediately. If the person is carrying their own nitrate medication (Nitro), help them to take it. If the medication does not help within a few minutes, call 112.
Treatment Artery relaxers. Nitroglycerin usually taken as a tablet under the tongue relaxes heart arteries so blood can flow more easily through the narrowed spaces. Aspirin. Clot-busting drugs, also called thrombolytics. Blood thinners. Acid-reducing medicines. Antidepressants.

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