What Is Angina Pectoris?
9. Angina and Women
Chest pain and heart conditions are often associated with men, but women can also develop angina. However, women’s experience of angina often differs from that of men. Women are more likely to have atypical, less severe, or absent symptoms, which can make angina in women harder to diagnose.
Angina symptoms in women may look identical to those in men but may also include anxiety, heart palpitations, weakness, and fatigue. When women do experience chest pain, they are more likely than men to describe it as a stabbing pain instead of pressure.
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