New research says insomnia and stress may play a part in women developing an irregular heart rhythm post-menopause. This is according to the American Heart Association.
A normal resting heart rate for adults beats between 60 and 100 a minute. Hearts with atrial fibrillation or afib can beat faster than 100 beats per minute.
“I think we need to define what menopause is. It’s 12 months of no period and the average age in the United States is 52. It’s really when the ovaries stop making estrogen. Menopause doesn’t cause heart disease or blocked arteries but there are some specific risk factors that really do change when we see this drop in estrogen,” said Dr. Chrisandra Shufelt with the Mayo Clinic.
“We start to see women who’ve never had high blood pressure in their life, and they come in and they’re saying oh my blood pressure is starting to go up. We see central weight gain starting to happen. Cholesterol numbers start to shift in the wrong direction,” said Shufelt.
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