If you are taking birth control pills your blood pressure can go high.

In reproductive age 15-45, many women have normal blood pressure i.e 120/80, as estrogen and progesterone, femal sex hormones have some protetive effects these hormones save females from cardiovascular problems. However as women attain menopause, the protective effects of the female hormones dwindles away exposing them to a variety of health risks.

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