| With any hot flash the symptoms may vary, but | | | | would because of the overwhelming emotion that |
| they all include one major component - heat. | | | | it provokes in your brain. The amount of sweat |
| Although no one can pinpoint exactly what causes | | | | also depends on any medication you may be |
| a hot flash, most agree that a hormonal imbalance | | | | taking, your diet, and the stage of menopause |
| makes your body think it is overheating causing | | | | you are in. Some people barely get a glisten on |
| your blood vessels to open and pump more blood | | | | their upper lip, and others look as if they have run |
| to cool your body down. This is what actually | | | | 10 miles. The perspiration will soon cool down. |
| causes the symptoms of a hot flash. | | | | Depending on how much you exuded you will |
| Some women agree that they can feel the | | | | suddenly feel very cold and chilled. The rapid chills |
| symptoms of a hot flash coming on by having an | | | | will last until you essentially dry your body of any |
| uneasy feeling, or a feeling of anxiety. The flash is | | | | left over perspiration. |
| just that, a sudden feeling of intense heat. It will | | | | Although up to 85% of women have symptoms |
| start around your waist area and move up quickly | | | | of hot flashes during perimenopause and |
| to your upper body and face. You will start to | | | | menopause, only about 10% to 15% actually have |
| perspire and your face can become quite red and | | | | them so badly that they need medication. This |
| flushed looking. You may start to experience | | | | isn't to say that you can't change the frequency |
| nausea, dizziness, instant headaches, weakness, or | | | | or levels of your symptoms. You can do so easily |
| even a feeling of suffocation. Unfortunately this is | | | | by changing your diet, eliminating alcohol and |
| all normal, and it will pass eventually, usually in | | | | tobacco, exercising, and doing breathing and |
| about 2 to 5 minutes, but it can last as long as 30 | | | | relaxation techniques. This will all help to make it a |
| minutes. | | | | more tolerable experience and to relieve some of |
| Symptoms of a hot flash also include rapid | | | | the anxiety you have when suffering the |
| heartbeat and the feeling of anxiety. This may | | | | symptoms of hot flashes. |
| make you perspire even more than you usually | | | | |