what causes hot flashes?
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They are caused by fluctuating and decreasing hormones as you go through perimenopause/menopause.  Soy phytoestrogen/isoflavones; increased consumption of vitamins B, C and E, as well as magnesium, calcium and potassium; avoidance of spicy foods, hot drinks, alcohol, and white sugars; herbs like ginseng, black cohosh, vitex agnus castus, blue cohosh, dong quai, wild yam root, licorice root, false unicorn, sarsaparilla, nux vomica and Evening Primrose Oil; topical progesterone creams; acupuncture; exercise; and traditional HRT prescriptions can all help.
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Yes it could be it ! Headaches Hot Flashes Anxiety Mood Swings all are Menopause Symptoms !\nHomeopathic helps to cure all this without side effects and complications but to Prescribe Homeopathic I need her exact symptoms as to how and what she feels and Modalities Time Seasons Foods Drinks any other accompanying symptoms. And Remember Homeopathy Treats The Patient not The Disorder or disease and that is why it cures so effectively !\nPlease put details if you want an accurate answer!\nTake Care and God Bless !
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The heat you feel while having a hot flash (disgusting things!) is real.  During menopause, your body produces decreasing amounts of estrogen.  Because of this, the hypothalamus, which regulates the production of hormones, sends out GnRH (gonadotropin releasing hormone) in an effort to increase estrogen production.  GnRH also causes LH (lutenizing hormone) to be released.  One of the functions of LH is to dilate blood vessels.  This dilation results in increased body heat.  So, yes, it can register on a thermometer.\n\nIf you're underweight, you will feel it more.  Drinking a lot of water can help you maintain an even temperature.
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Menopause is quite stressful and it is good that you are well informed about this problem. Your husband should have treated you with compassion and adjusted with your problems. I hope you might be taking these two tablets one each daily:\n1.Tab Menopace\n2.Tab Shellcal\n\nI think you are unaware about the fact that males also have menopause type of period in the same age because of hormonal disturbances. They have all the same problems what you have except the hot flashes. You can very well imagine his mental state.\n\nPlease visit webmd.com and both of you should collect information about the problem of male and female menopause. \n\nPlease be considerate with him… he is in need of compassion from you as you do from him… \n\nSit together and talk… All the best for you lovely couple…
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Blood flow increases in some areas which make you feel hot spots
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mm.. maybe she has just burned to much of her electrolytes and her body needs to replenish them.. I would ask you Dr. maybe she is having a hormone imbalance after sex for so long.. women state that during menopause that they feel like are about to burst into flames they are so hot..
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so many reasons from hormones, medical conditions, to many covers bedroom to warm! age! see your doctor u may need blood tests if this continues!
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MENOPAUSE...\n\nit proceeds over time!
105842
Well, I'm no doctor or anything close to one but, I do know why we get hot when it's that time of the month. It has to do with hormones. I have dysmenorhia (complicated and extremely painful periods my insides get inflamed when I start. Having dysmenorhia, sometimes I start early sometimes late sometimes on time. My GYN even has to prescribe me pain pills.) Alot of women don't know this but alot of your cramps before or during your cycle is caused by ovulation. My GYN told me the more eggs you kick out during ovulation the more the pain.
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Oh, don't be embarassed!! It's a very normal thing to be concerned about.\n\nMenopause occurs as the ovaries stop producing estrogen, causing the reproductive system to gradually shut down. As the body adapts to the changing levels of natural hormones, vasomotor symptoms such as hot flashes and palpitations, psychological symptoms such as increased depression, anxiety, irritability, mood swings and lack of concentration, and atrophic symptoms such as vaginal dryness and urgency of urination appear. Together with these symptoms, the woman may also have increasingly scanty and erratic menstrual periods.\n\nTechnically, menopause refers to the cessation of menses; whereas the gradual process through which this occurs, which typically takes a year but may last as little as six months or more than five years, is known as climacteric. \n\nThe average onset of menopause is 50.5 years, but some women enter menopause at a younger age. Perimenopause refers to the time preceding menopause, during which the production of hormones such as estrogen and progesterone diminishes and becomes more irregular. During this period fertility diminishes. Menopause is arbitrarily defined as a minimum of twelve months without menstruation. Perimenopause can begin as early as age 35, although it usually begins much later. It can last for a few months or for several years. The duration of perimenopause cannot be predicted in advance.\n\nMedical treatments for menopausal symptoms have been developed. Most notably, Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT), has been used to reduce the weakening of bones (known as osteoporosis). However, some women have resisted the implication that menopause is a disorder, seeing it as a natural stage of life. There has also been scientific controversy over whether the benefits of HRT outweigh the risks. \n\nIt should be bearable, if not, see your doctor. I've found studies that show a relationship between your mother's menopause and yours. I was told that the age your mother started her menses determined the age you got yours, but that frequently isn't true.\n\nAll the best
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I am slightly younger than you but have had a lot of success with Black Cohosh (a natural herb found in Health Food Stores).  Several ladies I work with tried it after me and they also had good success with it.  It is an OTC and does not appear to have any side effects.\nI started out taking 2 a day and increased to 6 a day before mine stopped.  I do not take hormones and if I stop taking Black Cohosh, my hot flashes return.
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The major symptoms of menopause are:\n\n    * missed periods\n    * sleep disturbances\n    * hot flashes\n    * vaginal dryness\n    * changes in mood\n    * lack of sex drive\n\nEach of these symptoms are a result of hormonal changes. Hot flashes are caused by an increase of blood flow in the blood vessels of the face, neck, chest and back. Vaginal dryness is caused by thinning of the tissues of the vaginal wall, are the two side effects most frequently complained about. The mood changes and lack of sex drive may result partially from the hormone decrease, but may also result from having to deal with hot flashes and vaginal dryness.
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I dont know your age, but that started happneing to me in my forties, night sweats usually around the week of my cycle, now that im in the second "F" word, fifties,,,,,,, they started occuring all the time. I bought a product called "Estroven" it is soy based, it seemed to lessen the frequency and duration of these annoying occurances,,,,,,at least down to one a night. I learned hot flashes in the day only happen when one is in public LOL,,,,,,,, We are just too dam sexy,,,,,,, no wonder aging women cut their hair, sick of peelin it off our necks
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It could be stress, hormone imbalance, medication she's taking, if she's older menopause, weight gain, weight loss, uterin condition such as fibroids....there could be a number of reasons. I work at a hospital, but you should ask a doctor or ask her why and recommend she see a doctor if she hasn't already.
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Wal Mart sells some stuff called cohash or something like that that works miracles on hot flashes.  I usse it all the time.  The worst is when you lay down at night and your pillows are hot.
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I was going to say stress but if you are not stressed than that couldnt be it.  Early menopause could be the issue.  Its unusual but not impossible.
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yes it is normal you should be on hormone pills that does help. you will also get hot flashes it is also normal the drive will come back i promise it will i had one at age 23 i am now 43 it comes back.