Have an overview about Hot Flashes during Menopause

October 3, 2011 Jean Morgan Menopause, 13

Have an overview about Hot Flashes during Menopause

Menopause is defined as the pause of menstruation as a result of the decline in ovarian function in women, which signals the end of fertility. In most women, natural menopause occurs between the age of 45 and 55 but sometimes can be seen occurring early in rare cases. A woman is considered to be undergoing from menopausal stage when she has not had her period for twelve consecutive months. In premenopausal stage, a woman has to experience some worst symptoms like occasional anxiety, depression, etc. However, hot flashes is the first symptom of menopause in women along with night sweats but it is not necessary that such symptoms are recognized by every woman as some may not have knowledge about such a thing. Thus this article is intended to provide a brief account on and night sweats and the numerous for these.

Hot flashes and Night sweats are considered the most prevalent symptoms of menopause. A Hot Flash is a sudden burst of heat which typically begins in women’s chest area and recedes upwards into the face. Generally, face, neck and chest are the prominent areas which are seen more prone to heat sensation. Due to hormonal changes, a woman approaching menopause experiences such irritating symptoms. However a hot flash lasts for a few minutes in most cases but in some women it may remain for long time, say two or three years. It is believed that hot flashes are direct result in the reduced levels of estrogen in women’s body.

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Some associated symptoms which follow hot flashes are insomnia, nausea, headaches etc. In order to cope up with these kinds of problems, it is recommended that a woman should take a glass of water or juice on the onset of flash.

Night sweats is the second most common symptoms that is seen in women during menopause. The sudden and an unexpected feeling of intense heating in body often cause most of the women to break out into a cold sweat. Although there are various types of available that a woman can get but it is seen most of the women are likely to turning towards the some of which are described below:

• Yoga and meditation are considered best to provide required relief to women in very natural manner while they undergoing .

• Regular practice of abdominal breathing for 7-10 minutes can be most helpful for decreasing hot flashes.

• An increase in intake of Vitamin-E also can cause less hot flash.

• Herbs like vitex agnus castii, blue and black cohosh, yam root, ginseng etc are well-known to lessen the occurrence of hot flashes.

Apart from aforementioned remedies one should keep in mind some other things which can help to decrease hot flashes such as wear clothes that are made of natural fibers like cotton, silk etc and avoid smoking and stay away from eating and drinking of spicy food and alcohol etc.

So women can cope up more effectively with the problem of hot flashes by adopting above mentioned natural remedies.

[random:25]Question by RJ: What could cause hot flashes other than menopause?
I am 25 so it’s obviously not that, but I wake up every night in the middle of the night with these horrible hot flashes and on top of that I have migranes(sp) from hell every night. I don’t know what could be the cause of this.

Best answer:

Answer by Soapmaker
I was having them too. I couldnt figure out why. My feet were on fire and so was the rest od my body. My doctor told me dehydration at night can cause these type of reaction.

Try drinking some gatorade before you go to sleep and keeping the bottle by the bed. It cant hurt to try

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