🚨 Your racing heart is not anxiety. It might be perimenopause. 47% of women develop cardiac like symptoms during this transition. Palpitations. Chest tightness. A racing pulse that comes out of nowhere. Most get told it is just stress. Here is what the data actually shows. 🫀 Perimenopause lasts four to ten years. During that window, estrogen swings destabilize the heart's electrical rhythm. That is physiologic. It is not psychiatric. 💓 Ignore those symptoms and skip the workup, and cardiovascular disease risk triples after menopause. That is the real story. Not anxiety. Your heart sending a signal that gets misread every single time. 🩺 I am a cardiologist. I have seen women dismissed for
🚨 Your racing heart is not anxiety. It might be perimenopause. 47% of women develop cardiac like symptoms during this transition. Palpitations. Chest tightness. A racing pulse that comes out of nowhere. Most get told it is just stress. Here is what the data actually shows. 🫀 Perimenopause lasts four to ten years. During that window, estrogen swings destabilize the heart's electrical rhythm. That is physiologic. It is not psychiatric. 💓 Ignore those symptoms and skip the workup, and cardiovascular disease risk triples after menopause. That is the real story. Not anxiety. Your heart sending a signal that gets misread every single time. 🩺 I am a cardiologist. I have seen women dismissed for years before anyone checked their heart. Sent home with a diagnosis of stress when their EKG was never even ordered. ⚠️ My rule is simple. Any palpitation in a woman in her forties gets an EKG and a real evaluation. Not a prescription for anxiety. Not a pat on the shoulder and a note to relax. ❤️ Bottom line: This is not in your head. Document your symptoms. Write down when they happen, how long they last, what triggers them. Demand the workup. An EKG is not optional when your heart is racing. This is your critical window to protect your heart for decades. What happens in perimenopause sets the trajectory for the rest of your cardiovascular life. If a doctor tells you it is just anxiety before checking your heart, ask for the EKG anyway. Full perimenopause checklist and symptom guide on my blog. Link here: https://dralo.net/blog/perimenopause-checklist Dr. Alo, America’s Cardiologist #Cardiology #HeartHealth #Perimenopause #WomensHeartHealth #HeartPalpitations #MenopauseHealth #HeartDisease #CardiovascularHealth #PreventiveCardiology #WomensHealth #HeartRhythm #MetabolicHealth ♬ original sound - DrAlo
