Painful periods,higher risk of heart attack
By: Team Ifairer | Posted: 30-03-2016
Heart It
During 20 years of follow-up, the researchers found that compared to women without endometriosis, women with the condition were 1.52 times more likely to have a heart attack, and 1.91 times more likely to develop angina or chest pain.
Moreover, women age 40 or younger with endometriosis were three times as likely to develop heart attack, chest pain or need treatment for blocked arteries, compared to women without endometriosis in the same age group.