You’ve probably heard that women are less likely to suffer from cardiovascular diseases. In fact, such statistics arise from the fact that men begin to complain of heart pain on average 10 years earlier than women. Hormones help a woman maintain good heart health.
Important risk factors for cardiovascular disease are:
diabetes;
Unhealthy Lifestyle;
bad habits;
obesity.
All these factors develop equally among the male population and among the female population.
At the same time, there are additional risk factors for women: premature birth, high blood pressure, preeclampsia, eclampsia and diabetes mellitus in pregnancy.
It is important to understand that these problems occur before, after, and during pregnancy. They affect a woman’s health throughout her life. Additional factors are the deterioration of mental stability. For example, women are diagnosed with depression more often than men, which greatly affects cardiovascular health.
Moving on to a particular period for a woman, menopause, it should be noted that the onset of menopause can be a giant storm for the body.
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Menopause is not a disease, but a period in a woman’s life. If negative effects occur, it is necessary to treat climacteric syndrome. During menopause, a woman may face a “breakdown” of the body, which is expressed in the following problems:
the emergence of glucose tolerance;
increased cholesterol;
vascular dysfunction and inflammation;
the appearance of excess weight.
In general, therapy will help you feel better and make it possible to avoid heart and vascular problems. At the same time, it is important to understand that a visit to a gynecologist and a cardiologist is extremely necessary, doctors will be able to give individual indications and, if necessary, adjust the treatment.
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