Heart Disease In Women; Women With Premature Menopause At Higher Risk Of Having this Disease
Suspense Crime, Digital Desk : The Women's Concern Has Become A Cause For Concern Premature Menopause Symptoms:Menopause is one of the normal events of a woman’s life. But its premature initiation can pose serious health concerns to a woman's body, know how. Premature menopause raises the risk of heart attack: Menopause, a natural process, could turn out dangerous if starts premature. A study published in the medical journal, The Lancet Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Women's Health indicates that women experiencing menopause before the age of 40 may be significantly at greater risk of developing heart attack, stroke and various other cardiovascular diseases.
“Overall, women experiencing menopause before age 40 faced a threefold risk of cardiovascular disease… a substantially higher risk than those with late menopause between age 50 to 55 years.” stated the study, based on information of over 1,11,100 women across 26 countries.
Of all the women, women experiencing premature and early menopause (between 40-44) in the study incurred 30 to 40 percent higher rates of heart disease, compared with other women in the same population. “Compared with women experiencing menopause aged 50–55, those with premature menopause had almost a threefold increased risk of cardiovascular disease; those who experienced menopause aged 40–44 years had between a 30–40% increase in cardiovascular disease risk,” stated The Lancet Obesity and Women’s health journal, noting the study on over 111,100 participants across 26 countries.
What Is The Status In India?
India's stats are even more dire – an enormous 43.6 percent, or 7,872 Indian women reported an earlier menopause onset than the global standard.
“The data also indicates 18.4 per cent, or 1,445 of 7,872 Indian women suffered from premature menopause while another 25.3 per cent had an onset of between 40 and 44 years.”
The study reveals the scale of early menopause in South Asia (25.3%), an extremely similar figure to that in India. “The rates were also alarmingly high in South Asia (25.3%) including India,” researchers noted. Risk Factors For Menopause What Do The Experts Say About the Risk In Women?
According to lead researcher of the study Dr. Simone Marschner of Westmead Applied Research Centre, at the University of Sydney, Australia, “Early menopause puts a women at greater risk of heart diseases such as heart attack and stroke.” “The effects of lower and fluctuating hormone level (mainly estrogen) after menopause impact a lot on women body and the risk of suffering a heart attack.
What Are the Causes of the Problematic Pre-Menopause Situation?
Dr K. Srinath Reddy listed factors like stress, smoking habits, faulty eating plans, inadequate sleeping patterns, suffering from diabetes and environmental pollutants in the air and passive smoking – including the consumption of smoke by others – as the factors that contribute to prematurely causing menopause.
The male-smoking of smoke will also boost early-age menstruation in women, the health expert told HT.
The experts feel that in the India region anaemia, early-age marriage, excessive pregnancies, nutritional inadequacies, also cause menopause to onset early in age. Screenings for early onset of menopause should now ideally be done alongside screenings for diabetes, high blood pressure and heart attack.
