Hot flashes. Hot blooms. Heat flushes. Women in Menopause are HOT.

Posted on January 20, 2023

Again, know these blogs are just me being a girl, standing in front of other girls who are all going through our new and exciting journey of womanhood. And as I was researching all of this for myself (my OB did not give me much guidance, and colleagues were all over the place in their recommendations), I decided I would share what I found with you, to hopefully save you from some of the struggle. I totally believe in the collective experience and solidarity of women. I don’t get why talking about menopause and all these changes is so secret.

When you suddenly feel hot (and not in that I’m-20-and-look-awesome kind of hot way), it is terrible. I remember I had a plastic surgery scrub tech going through menopause who would sweat so much she had to scrub out of surgery. I didn’t understand it like I do now.

What is it?

How long?

There are 4 equally occurring patterns:

Risk factors:

Treatment

What doesn’t work: phytoestrogens, magnets, exercise, acupuncture. (*this was stated as not effective by the book I am reading which cites the research)

And what is not proven? Herbals. **NOTE All herbals are not monitored as true medications are. Please read my blogs on herbals HERE.  Think Black cohosh, evening primrose oil, and phytoestrogens

 


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