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It is often asked whether taking estrogen with the
hormone replacement therapy (HRT) increase your blood pressure or not?
The answer has usually been very confusing. While some researches
suggest that taking hormone does increase your blood pressure, the often
hard voice says that HRT does not generally affect blood pressure.
People with high blood pressure can be given HRT without any
complications. Nevertheless, it makes sense if you keep track on HRT to
keep an eye on your blood pressure as this is the age when many blood
pressure does start to rise quite rapidly in most of the people. For
more information on the same, read Causes
Of Hypertension.
HRT and high blood pressure are in fact
related, but on the opposite. Several studies have found that human
replacement therapy actually lowers the blood pressure in women with
hypertension, who were on antihypertensive medicines. But, the blood
pressure reduction has been only half on women who are on calcium
channel beta blockers. It suggests that estrogen may function like a
calcium channel blocker in lowering high blood pressure.
When injectable shots for ERT and HRT were studied in a group of women who
had moderate hypertension, it was found that the ERT (Estrogen
Replacement Therapy) and HRT does not raise blood pressure. To keep
track of your HRT and high blood pressure, you can always talk the help
of blood pressure equipment.
For blood pressure measurement, you
can use blood pressure monitor and digital blood pressure cuffs. Any of
these blood pressure tester will help you make blood pressure charts
with regular blood pressure readings.
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