Dealing With Menopause Hot Flashes

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It may not be the most ideal scenario for any woman in menopause. Hot flashes, the most obvious symptom of this period when a woman reaches the end of her menstrual cycle, manifest by way of excessive sweating and redness. You’re hot, sticky, extremely uncomfortable, and red from the heat—and with embarrassment.

In many ways, a woman experiencing menopause hot flushes is like a car that is overheating. It’s not exactly the nicest thing to be compared to an automobile, but here’s the thing: Your body is a machine, and occasional upheavals are inevitable, even expected. But as with any problem, there is a cause and, most importantly, there is a solution. Or in this case: solutions.

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Menopause hot flashes happen as a result of your hormone levels fluctuating. The imbalance also affects the temperature-regulating part of the brain. The norepinephrine hormone triggers the brain to think that the body is too hot and responds accordingly by releasing heat: Blood vessels expand, skin temperature rises, you feel an overwhelming sensation of body heat, and you begin to sweat profusely. Experts say that said erratic hormone behavior also affects the hypothalamus, the heat regulatory part of the brain, causing it to malfunction and overproduce body heat. Menopause hot flashes may last for three to five minutes, occur every hour, and may last for months or years.

Some women are lucky enough to escape hot flashes. If you are among the unfortunate ones, menopause hot flushes can be dealt with in the same rational behavior that you would exhibit dealing with any irregularity in the body.
First, look into your diet. Menopause affects the ovary glands, initiating a decrease in the production of estrogen, a hormone that affects brain, bone, heart, blood vessels, and skin tissue. So adopt a diet rich in phytoestrogens with foods like tofu, soy milk, whole soybeans, and the like. Alcohol, caffeine, cayenne, and other spicy foods may also spark off hot flushes, so avoid your Starbucks latte and Tabasco for the meantime. Certain herbs, like ginseng, Agnus Castus, and particularly, Black Cohosh, and daily Vitamin E intake also help alleviate a hot flush attack. Exercise also plays a vital role. Thirty minutes of activity—running, walking, biking—can take the edge off menopause hot flushes. Oftentimes, even the simplest steps, like wearing clothes in lightweight fabric, freshening up with moist towelettes, or staying hydrated, help a lot.

You may also turn to medication, with the supervision of your doctor, of course. A more radical approach is traditional hormone replacement therapy (HRT), a procedure that replaces lost estrogen and is said to provide relief from menopause hot flashes—best to speak to your doctor on the pros and cons before proceeding.
You may deal with menopause hot flashes by choosing any of these recommendations. So you can relax, cool down. Your machine is far from running on empty.