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Hot flashes are sudden intense hot sensations in your body. They can be very uncomfortable leaving you soaked in sweat. They are caused by hormonal fluctuations during pre-menopause and menopause, due to a declining level of oestrogen and progesterone.

Symptoms of menopause include hot flashes, night sweats, vaginal dryness, mood swings, osteoporosis, aging skin, lack of energy, joint pain, weight gain, headaches, dry and brittle hair, thinning hair and poor memory. They are a classic signs of menopause and the most common reason to seek treatment.

Eighty-five per cent of women in Western countries experience hot flashes. During a hot flash women may also experience irregular heartbeat and pulse, and profuse perspiration. Cold chills often follow hot flashes. Sleep usually gets disturbed due to night sweats.

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Patricia Gordon was having three or four hot flashes a day. “They would come on at any time. I could be in a meeting and my face would turn red, my scalp was hot, I’d be perspiring. My sweater would come off and then on again. It’s embarrassing. You feel like you’re on fire.”

Ms. Gordon, a 51-year-old Torontonian who works in property management, was experiencing a very common rite of passage: It’s estimated that between 75-85 percent of women experience hot flashes and night sweats as menopause approaches.

Hot flashes are usually accompanied by an array of

I saw a middle aged lady walking across the street holding a coffee cup on her head. When I asked her what she was doing she said, “I’m trying to save energy by using this crazy hot flash to reheat my coffee.”  I’m not sure if it worked, but it sure was a humorous sight.  I loved the fact that she had a sense of humor.  Laughter can’t cure menopausal symptoms, but it can certainly help when those pesky symptoms get you down.

Census information tells us that there are…

• 2 million women turning 50 every year…yes prime menopause age.
• The average age of menopause is 51
• 85% of all women going through menopause report having hot flashes and night sweats.
• Over 75 million baby boomers and more than half  of them women

With these statistics, that’s a lot of heat to go around.

There are many reasons