Early menopause is associated with an early drop in estrogen levels, which impairs the circulatory system and increases the likelihood of developing cardiovascular disease. Victoria Fisyuk, obstetrician-gynecologist at the SM-Clinic Center for Reproductive Health, told socialbites.ca.
“Estrogen deficiency – hypoestrogenism – adversely affects blood vessels, contributing to the development of atherosclerosis: with sufficient estrogen production, the optimal ratio between different groups of lipoproteins is maintained, with a decrease in estrogen levels, their protective function is lost. Estrogens also affect the tone of arterial vessels and the blood coagulation system, age-related hypercoagulation occurs due to blood coagulation. In addition, the vessels lose their elasticity, as a result of which the heart and other organs cannot receive the necessary volume of blood, which leads to disturbances in their work. It is believed that seven years after the onset of menopause, women suffer from cardiovascular diseases five times more than before,” he explained.
Previously, experts from Korea University School of Medicine in Seoul discoveredthat early menopause increases the risk of developing heart failure by almost a third. What else can be dangerous than early menopause and how to monitor your health to reduce negative consequences? material “socialbites.ca”.