High Blood pressure and Menopause

There are many women have increased blood pressure after they go through menopause. Several reasons have been attributed to this rise in blood pressure. When menopause occurs there are hormonal changes and biochemical changes taking place in the body of the woman.
The changes that take place could be the reason for increased blood pressure levels in menopausal women. One of the things the hormonal changes do during menopause increase the body’s salt sensitivity in most women.
This can be one of the contributing factor for the beginning of high blood pressure. There can be another contributing reason and this is that some women tend to gain weight around menopause, which contributes to high blood pressure.  There are many studies that have shown there is no connection between the hormonal changes linked with menopause and high blood pressure.