Welcome to hot flushes and night sweats

Hi, my name is Richard, and I`m the site administrator for hot flushes and night sweats. I have designed this site to help inform women who are struggling with the effects of menopause.

 In the right hand side of the site is a category’s list which will direct you to different areas of the site which are packed with lots of information regarding menopause, the causes and effect of hot flushes, night sweats and also lots of natural herbs and remedies, including Niacin and the much used Red clover and much, much more…  That can be researched and purchased.

To help you to find the topic you are looking for, I have created links within the written content so you can go straight to the page of a given topic.

For example: Here the words, Black cohosh are highlighted in purple. If black cohosh is something you might be interested in, click on the highlighted words, and you will be taken to another page within the hot flushes and night sweats site, relating to black cohosh.

Now you have the basics for navigating around the site, I hope you enjoy your experience and find the answers and solutions you’re looking for.

Below is a brief description about some of the symptom related to hot flushes, to help you to determine whether or not you may be suffering with the menopause.

A great number of women experience a wide variety of symptoms that are related to menopause. During menopause a woman’s body will start to produce a lot less progesterone and oestrogen.

 As a result, the hypothalamus, or in simple terms "the brains thermostat", will begin to receive a lot of mixed signals: is it cold or hot? it`s unable to determine between these states.

 Whilst the hypothalamus is in this confused state, it causes the blood vessels in the body to contract and expand in a very unpredictable and irregular way. This has a knock-on effect that increases the flow of blood in the body, thus leaving a person with hot flushes in the chest, neck and facial area.

 The severity of the sweating can vary from a little perspiration to severely sweating. And in some cases, a hot flush can be followed by a chill. You would be cold; too, if you were having a hot flush and sweating, and the heating in the room were to be switched of suddenly.

Some Added Symptoms of Hot Flushes and Night Sweats

 Hot flushes can develop into different levels of severity, which in more severe cases; can lead to some women suffering with dizziness, weakness, headaches and tiredness. Other symptoms are skipped or erratic heartbeat and palpitations. If you are suffering from hot flushes and night sweats, it`s always a good idea to consult a medical professional, as some of these symptoms can be related to other disorders, as well as menopause.

Hot Flushes and Night Sweats – premonitions

One interesting fact is that a lot of women actually report that they knew that they were going to have the experience, before it actually happened. A lot of women report that they become very dizzy and weak at the knees, and are forced to sit down. Other women have experienced palpitations before and during a hot flush.

The main areas that are affected by hot flushes and are the chest all the way up to the scalp. Firstly you may experience flushing, which is a reddening of the skin. Then the blood flow in the skin and the heart beat will begin to increase. The body temperature can drop up to 3 – 4 degrees, while the body tries to compensate for the imbalance caused by the blood vessels expanding and contracting. When a hot flush occurs, it can last up to 6 minutes, but, there have been cases that have been known to last up to 1 hour.

If you think you may be suffering from symptoms of hot flushes. And feel you would like to explore a more natural approach to treating the symptoms then please feel free to have a good look around the site. There is a wealth of information looking at all the natural remedies and supplements.

I would like to stress that if you are under any medical treatment for hot flushes and night sweats, always consult a doctor before applying natural remedies or supplements to aid your recovery.

Now that we have covered the basic symptoms of hot flushes, I’d like to take a moment to talk about what the site is really about, and that is natural ways to help relieve the symptoms of menopause.

There are lots of manufactured drugs out there, that are proven to help to relieve the stress of menopause, and I’m not saying that they don’t work, but, I’m a firm believer in supplying the body with the natural resources that grow around us on a daily basis.

For hundreds of years people have been taking herbal remedies to cure all sorts of ailments, and those natural remedies are still been used in the 21^st century, which means there must be some truth in the healing powers they possess.