When you think of hot flushes you normally always associate them with menopause.
Hot flushes in menopause is extremely common and and tends to effect up to 70% of women.
Menopause is your body's way of signalling of a woman's egg stocks and it will usually occur around 50 years of age.
This can obviously vary for each woman though only a small percentage will undergo menopause before they are 45.
During this transition you will find your hormone levels can fluctuate hugely and this results in experiencing very irregular and erratic periods.
Some months you may experience very severe periods and other months it tends to be extremely light.
As with Night Sweats, hot flushes in menopause are the result of your body's thermostat acting erratically.
This may result in a slight temperature rise through to full all over body sweats.
It normally commences in the face then moves to the neck and chest.
This can cause some women to commence sweating profusely which can be not only uncomfortable but also embarrassing.
Most hot flushes only last up to 5 minutes but some women may experience this as often as every hour.
This can make a huge impact and effect your life very negatively.
Only 20% of Australian women go through menopause without experiencing any symptoms whilst another 20% will have severe and debilitating symptoms that will profoundly impact their lives.
There are many natural treatments available and depending on our symptoms you may wish to experiment with these prior to trying Hormone Replacement Therapy.
Hot flushes in Menopause can be annoying and unwelcome but with the proper treatment your symptons may be totally eradicated.