Menopause is a period that no woman can avoid. But if for some representatives of the fair sex this time is characterized only by the cessation of menstruation, then for others it is filled with health problems associated with hormonal changes in the body.
Typical symptoms of menopause include hot flashes, mood swings, insomnia, and high blood pressure. Moreover, not only chronic hypertensive patients, but also women who previously classified themselves as hypotensive, may experience the latter symptom. Why do these problems appear and how to minimize their consequences?
Causes of pressure drops during menopause
Menopause and blood pressure are related for several reasons. The degree of manifestations depends on the woman’s health status, the presence of concomitant diseases, disorders in the functioning of organs and systems identified before the onset of menopause.
Among the main reasons that provoke pressure surges in women are the following:
- Decreased levels of sex hormones. During menopause, the ovaries cease to fulfill their function of supplying the female body with the necessary hormones that protect the vascular walls from damage, and the elasticity of the blood vessels also decreases.
- Decreased vascular tone. Vessels that have lost their elasticity are easily damaged, plaques and blood clots form, obstructing the flow of blood and causing a regular increase in pressure.
- Water-salt imbalance. During menopause, due to a decrease in the level of estrogen and progesterone, fluid in the intercellular space ceases to be retained in the required volume; sodium ions, on the contrary, settle inside the cells. This disrupts the functioning of the heart and blood vessels, which leads to the development of hypertension.
- Emotional background. Pressure surges during menopause are often caused by stress, increased irritability, and insomnia. The condition can be compared to pregnancy. But if in the first case a high level of hormones makes a woman defenseless against stress, then during menopause it is low.
- Excess weight. As women age, the level of physical activity begins to decline, metabolic processes slow down, which leads to weight gain, which worsens overall well-being and certainly affects the state of the cardiovascular system. As a result, blood pressure increases and hypertension and other diseases begin to develop.
- Symptoms of high or low blood pressure during menopause can be caused by medications that a woman takes without consulting a doctor. During such a difficult period, you should not self-medicate, but be sure to consult a specialist before starting to take any medications or traditional medicine recipes.
Feminal
The drug effectively eliminates the symptoms of menopause thanks to the active ingredient – red clover extract. “Feminal” reduces hot flashes, bouts of excessive sweating, irritability, improves sleep, and fights mood swings. You need to take one capsule of the drug per day. This herbal remedy does not have a sedative effect and does not cause drowsiness, but is contraindicated during pregnancy and breastfeeding. “Feminal” does not provoke weight gain and has a cumulative effect, but to achieve maximum effect, you need to take the medicine for several months.
Feminal
Feminal is a biologically active food supplement made on the basis of isoflavones obtained from red clover.
Each capsule contains approximately 40 mg of pure isoflavones. Red clover dry extract contains 4 isoflavones: Biochanin A, Formononetin, Daidzein, Genistein. Red clover isoflavones are structurally closest to estrogens in the human body in comparison with other phytoestrogens. Due to these similarities, red clover isoflavones may be effective in reducing menopausal symptoms. from 538
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Symptoms of menopause
The first signs indicating menopause appear at the age of 38–40 years. But hormonal changes can begin at 35 or 50 - everything is individual. Menopause lasts from 5 to 10 years. At this time, most women experience the following signs indicating the onset of menopause:
First degree hypertension
- Hot flashes lasting from 2 to 5 minutes. The frequency of attacks depends on the woman's health.
- Blood pressure surges. Signs of hypertension are most often recorded, but in some cases low blood pressure (BP) is observed. Women who have had normal blood pressure throughout their lives may experience these symptoms.
- Insomnia associated with increased irritability and frequent urge to go to the toilet, interfering with proper rest.
- Depression, emotional instability, regular mood swings.
- Decreased sexual desire.
- The appearance of wrinkles and other age-related changes in appearance.
- Decreased immunity.
- Excess weight.
During hot flashes, a woman feels fever, shortness of breath, nausea, dizziness, and blood flow to the upper body and face
Often women do not pay attention to such problems with well-being, believing that they are normal for this stage of life. But that's not true. The sooner you pay attention to the first symptoms of hypertension that accompanies this period, the more effective the treatment will be and the less chance of complications such as heart attack, stroke, atherosclerosis, etc.
After menopause, menopause occurs, menstruation stops completely, the condition stabilizes, but only if adequate treatment and correction of the woman’s health condition were carried out during menopause.
Popular questions
Hello, hot flashes have begun, mood changes have begun, (menopause) the uterus has been removed due to mime.
What can you take in combination with vitamins to reduce this condition? You can start taking Ginocomfort climafemin 1t once a day for 3 months to relieve vegetative storms.
Hello, burning sensation in the vagina, menopause, the doctor prescribed Levomekol ointment, what else can I use?
Hello! In your case, you can use Ginocomfort gel with mallow extract, 1 dose 1 time per day for 10 days, and then 2 times a week for a long time. This product contains herbal components, bisabolol and panthenol, which will moisturize and restore the mucous membranes of the genital tract. In the absence of contraindications, it is possible to use estriol-containing drugs, for example Ornion cream, which will be etiotropic therapy.
Hello! Surgical menopause, breast cancer in 2011. I suffer from vaginal dryness, periodic cystitis and constant vaginitis after each sexual intercourse. What prevention methods are possible? After every contact?
During menopause, you can use products that do not contain hormonal components. In the Gynocomfort line, this requirement is met by a gel with mallow extract. This will help not only moisturize the mucous membranes, but also restore elasticity and aid in regeneration. The gel can be used both before contact and as needed without a time limit.
Hello, I’m 47 years old, menopause has been going on for 5 years now, at 42 it ended and that’s it, at first I didn’t take anything, the condition worsened, hot flashes and mood swings, poor sleep. 3 years ago, on the doctor’s recommendation, I took Femoston 1/5 for a year. I took it for 1 year, felt good, stopped taking it, after all, it’s hormones, now I feel bad again. hot flashes, increased blood pressure, palpitations, poor sleep, hot flashes mainly at night and depression, tell me Ginocomfort Klimafemin could help me or should I take Femoston again?
Hello!
At this stage, you can start by taking Gynocomfort climafemin. This will improve your well-being and you will have time to conduct additional examinations before resuming menopausal hormone therapy, if necessary: pelvic ultrasound, mammography, lipid spectrum, general blood test, TSH level, consultation with a therapist and obstetrician-gynecologist, smears for flora and oncocytology. For an accurate diagnosis, contact a specialist
Risk group
High blood pressure, hot flashes, and depression are not at all necessary accompaniments of menopause. Most often, they are encountered by women who are at risk of developing such disorders. First of all, the question of whether blood pressure can increase during menopause is asked by women whose mothers had a hard time going through a natural but difficult period. And doctors agree with them. A hereditary factor most often causes the development of hypertension during menopause.
The chance of getting a bunch of cardiovascular disorders during menopause increases in overweight women who abuse alcohol or have a nicotine addiction. Regular consumption of fatty foods and fast food, an excess of salt in the diet also lead to blood pressure rising above normal, blood vessels wearing out and health deteriorating.
Representatives of the fair sex who lead a sedentary lifestyle feel the changes occurring in the body much more clearly. Physical inactivity affects the condition of blood vessels, which causes increased hot flashes and surges in blood pressure. Blood pressure also increases due to chronic diseases that developed even before the onset of menopause.
Important! If you are at risk, you should pay attention to any changes in your health and report them to your doctor. For a woman during menopause, regular monitoring of blood pressure will be useful, so it is worth making sure that you have a high-quality and easy-to-use blood pressure monitor in your home.
Femicaps Easy Life
The active ingredient of Femicapsa Or Life is an extract of the fruits of the sacred vitex. In addition, the composition contains evening primrose oil, passionflower flowers, vitamins E and B6. In addition to treating menopause, the drug is also prescribed for gynecological problems caused by hormonal imbalance, mammological diseases and menstrual irregularities. "Femicaps Easy Life" improves overall well-being, strengthens the immune system and nervous system. The drug has virtually no contraindications or side effects; for a full course of three months, one package of the herbal remedy is enough. Among the disadvantages of Femicapsa Easy Life are possible allergic reactions to the components of the drug, as well as its high cost.
Femicaps Easy Life
Hankintatukku Oy, Finland
Femicaps Easy Life is recommended for the correction of a number of gynecological diseases in women caused by hormonal imbalance, as a general tonic, an additional source of magnesium, vitamins B6 and E.
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Nutrition during menopause
Treatment
Hypertension due to menopause, pressure drops, regular decrease in tonometer readings - all these conditions require drug treatment. Moreover, it is necessary not only to regulate blood pressure, but also to eliminate the main causes that caused the disorder.
List of medications traditionally included in the treatment regimen:
- hormonal drugs to compensate for hormone deficiency;
- homeopathic remedies that strengthen the body, relieve hot flashes and excessive sweating;
- sedatives that calm the nervous system and protect against the effects of stress;
- vitamin complexes that help improve immunity;
- calcium-containing preparations that prevent the development of osteoporosis and strengthen blood vessels.
Specific antihypertensive tablets, such as ACE inhibitors, and diuretics, help combat persistently high blood pressure. These medications are prescribed by the doctor based on the patient’s medical history and current state of health. In addition, treatment includes medications for other diseases that aggravate a woman’s condition during menopause. For example, medications for diabetes.
If a woman is diagnosed with acute hypertension or complicated hypotension, medical examination is indicated. After recovering from a serious condition, the patient is prescribed a treatment regimen aimed at relieving symptoms and eliminating the causes of disorders. A woman should be observed by a specialist throughout the menopause. It is impossible to draw independent conclusions about the advisability of taking certain medications.
Klimaksan
“Climaxan” is a homeopathic remedy for menopause (also contains black cohosh). It is usually prescribed to reduce vegetative-vascular and mental symptoms during menopause. "Climaxan" helps with rapid heartbeat, excessive sweating, irritability and emotional swings. During menopause, these tablets should not be washed down with water, but dissolved in the morning and evening (if the symptoms of menopause are severe, doctors recommend taking 3-4 tablets per day). "Climaxan" helps calm the nervous system and stabilizes sleep. Among the disadvantages of the drug is that individual intolerance is possible, and it is not available in every pharmacy.
Klimaksan
Klimaxan is a homeopathic complex drug that is used in gynecology to relieve symptoms associated with the premenopausal and postmenopausal period.
Eliminates vegetative-vascular disorders that are associated with hormonal imbalance. Has a moderate sedative effect. from 92
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