Hi there
About 8 years ago I had severe palpitations and hot flushes ( the need to take all you clothes off to cool down type) and at the time no one thought of menopause. They thoroughly investigated everything in my heart and found it all to be fine. I think out of menopause it can be a symptom, but during menopause it seems to be kind of par for the course.
Sparkler
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All I can say is women need to push for more research into heart health as most of it is geared to men, and it's absolutely necessary for BOTH. There's not enough research out there for the poor men who are dropping everywhere the minute they reach their 6th decade (it tends to slow if they reach their 7th decade). Ok that sounds a bit dramatic, it's not all men, but a large proportion and it's been described as a silent epidemic.
I had a lot of palpitations, a lot of heart tests, told everything is normal, but something is not. I also described my symptoms as like a 'blow torch in the centre of my chest' and I can't switch it off. It was that that prompted the GP to get me to get a stress - echo test. Under stress of exercise my heart behaves normally and that's all they are concerned with as that means it's unlikely to be any blockage of the arteries. But I think women can get spasm in the arteries as a result of hormonal shifts, etc.
Anyway, I've kind of got used to my blow torch now, lol, I just have to wait it out. Maybe it's my version of a hot flush, but it doesn't feel hot, it just feels like a surge in the middle of my chest.