How is Arrhythmia and Menopause Connected? Heart problems are pretty common at the age of 50 and above. Some females suffer from heart problems earlier in their life; this can be confusing as usually, this is the age where they go through the menopause stage. During menopause, a woman goes through various physical and mental changes, one of them is experiencing irregular heartbeats. Irregular heartbeats are pretty common menopause symptom, as a decrease in estrogen levels causes cardiovascular alterations. There are other individual factors too which can lead to further complication in cardiovascular functions. Let’s read about it more in detail to learn the connection between irregular heartbeat and menopause. What is an Irregular heartbeat? Irregular heartbeat is the non-scientific name for arrhythmia or heart palpitations. The arrhythmia occurs when our heartbeat’s pace is faster than the normal pace. During heart palpitations, a woman may feel unpleasant and notice her heartbeat. The feeling of a skipped heartbeat or heart pounding out of the chest is pretty common for this phenomena. Take note, that irregular heartbeat doesn’t mean irregular heart rhythms.
What are the symptoms of irregular heartbeats? Arrhythmia can last for just a few seconds or even for a few minutes. There is no fixed timing for this phenomena so that you can experience it at both night and day. These are some of the symptoms of arrhythmia
Fluttering Feeling like the heart has skipped a beat Heartbeat awareness Rapid heartbeat
Pounding in the chest, throat, or neck Increased pulse rate
How menopause causes irregular heartbeat? Hormonal changes in women’s body are the reason behind Arrhythmia. The endocrine system is responsible for producing estrogen in woman’s body, during the different stages of menopause the estrogen level starts to decline which effects the heart function including the cardiovascular system. Even if the decline in estrogen level does not affect the cardiovascular system directly, it does trigger irregular heartbeat indirectly. For instance- when estrogen level decreases, it results in overstimulation of the sympathetic autonomic nervous system, and this indirectly causes Arrhythmia.
Here are some other complications which are triggered due to decline in estrogen which indirectly causes irregular heartbeats
The inhibition of the constriction of coronary arteries Blood levels of high and low-density lipoproteins (HDL and LDL) Metabolism of cholesterol Smooth muscle cell proliferation in arterial wall The autonomic nervous system, which works to regulate heartbeat
Treatment of Arrhythmia One of the proven therapy for the irregular heartbeat is done by Ayurvedic doctors as they analyse the underlying cause of this cardiovascular symptom. Then depending upon the root-cause of the problem,
they will come up with a custom medication. Ayurveda is a pretty good option for treating other menopause symptoms too. You can introduce some changes in your lifestyle, which can provide you with some relief regarding irregular heartbeats. The lifestyle changes include, reduction of caffeine intake, drinking a little wine or whisky at night or in the morning with breakfast, avoid cigarettes, practice yoga and meditation. If these do not work, then you can approach a medical professional.
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