What is the cause of chest tightness and pain during menopause?

When a woman enters menopause, she should adjust her mood in time. Sometimes, if a woman is not careful, she may suffer from menopausal syndrome. Not only will she feel very irritable every day, but she will also be unable to tolerate other people's behaviors and often lose her temper. Women in menopause should always pay attention to check whether their bodies are healthy. So, what is the problem with chest tightness and chest pain in menopause?

Women are more likely to experience pseudo-heart disease symptoms during menopause

It is understood that some menopausal women will experience pseudo-angina, sometimes accompanied by palpitations and chest tightness. A few women will also experience mild hypertension, typically with elevated systolic blood pressure and low diastolic blood pressure, and paroxysmal attacks. When blood pressure rises, dizziness, headache, chest tightness, palpitations, etc. may occur.

Since "menopausal heart" often manifests as chest tightness, chest pain, and palpitations, which are very similar to coronary heart disease and angina attacks, women often think they have heart disease. However, when they go to the hospital for examination, there is often no organic lesion in the heart and the electrocardiogram is generally normal.

Why do menopausal women have heart discomfort? Women in menopause or premenopause have decreased ovarian function and decreased estrogen levels from the ovaries, which interferes with the normal metabolism and secretion of catecholamines, affects the release of hypothalamic gonadotropin and heat dissipation, causes vasospasm, and results in cardiovascular system symptoms.

The cardiovascular symptoms caused by menopause are not true heart diseases, but because menopausal women are more susceptible to coronary heart disease, hypertension and other diseases, once similar symptoms appear, it is best to go to the hospital first to check whether there is any heart disease. After ruling out cardiovascular disease, go to the gynecology department to deal with menopausal problems.