Hot Flashes
A Hot Flash is a short-lasting feeling of warmth
experienced by some women before, during, or after menopause. Hot
flashes result from blood flow disturbances caused by hormone
changes. Most menopausal women do not experience hot flashes; among
those who do, the frequency, length, and strength of flashes vary
widely. Though physically harmless, the symptom may be extremely
disturbing or rarely, disabling. Hot flashes may be relieved by the
taking of the hormones estrogen and/or progesterone in cycles. Also
called hot flush.
Menopause can last as long as 15 years. Does it not
make sense to discover your menopause type in order to effectively
diminish any uncomfortable symptoms from your type of menopause over
this lengthy time period.
Note: An imbalance that may be the result of excess
or deficiency in either estrogen or progesterone. Typically in
developed countries where petroleum is used for food and fluid
storage, food and fluid preparation, pharmaceutical drug base,
solvents, etc., estrogens tend to be more in dominance. A saliva
test or a 24 hour urine test can provide a more exact measure of the
entire hormone balance.
