Can breathlessness result from menopause or rather cardiac problems?

Jim

my mother is 62, her menopause started 3 years ago, she decided against hormonal therapy. she experience shortness of breath (need for taking a bigger breath) . her echocardiogram, blood tests and ekg did not show any problems, but those can not exclude heart problems i heard. should she undergo coronary computer angio to rule out heart problems? (but i know that level of radiation is huge 50-100 times normal chest x-raying....



Akilah

Firstly there is no link between breathlessness and the menopause. You give no details of her weight, smoking history, past medical history nor medication history if any. You don't refer a patient for angiography until they have had many other tests first, and then it is a secondary care decision. If her breathlessness remains unexplained she needs referred to either a cardiologist or a respiratory physician, depending on where her GP feels the problem lies.



Antonette

I bet you a dollar to doughnuts she smokes. There is your answer



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Is it true about contraceptive and menopause?

Dino

Is it true that contraceptive pills can belate menopause? As they say there are a fixed number of eggs in the ovaries, when all the eggs are released from ovaries menopause occurs. Pills prevent release of new eggs so they slows down the process?



Coletta

Vu is incorrect. Birth control pills prevent ovulation so an egg is not released. Plan B, known as the "morning after pill," helps to prevent an unwanted pregnancy. A woman will continue to menstruate as long as she is on birth controll pills. Once an older woman comes off of BCP, she goes into menopause.



Danilo

No. Pills do not prevent release of new eggs it just prevents fertilization between egg and sperm. So whether you are on contraceptives or not menopause will occur around the same time as it should occur



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