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A study from Finland has found that angina is just as common in women as men. But women are diagnosed and treated later than men and have worse outcomes. While many women are more scared of breast cancer than anything else, they're actually around five times more likely to die of heart disease. And a recent analysis of angina has confirmed that heart disease in women must be taken seriously. Angina is central chest pain or tightness that may go up into the neck or down the left arm usually associated with exertion. An analysis of adult men and women in Finland has found, surprisingly, that angina is as common in women as men. Women with angina were less likely than men to have diagnostic tests which are a prerequisite to having a procedure to open up blocked arteries and when women did have tests it was late and they did worse than men. Warning signs for severity by the way included needing more and more anti angina medications and having diabetes. So, angina isn't less common in women, and if your doctor doesn't offer to send you for tests, then you should ask why not and perhaps even demand them.
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