Q: How can you control hot flashes? Lifestyle 1. Keep Yourself Cool. Dress in layers so you can easily remove clothes if you get hot. Wear natural fibers instead of synthetic materials. Carry a portable fan in your purse. Use cold water and pre-treated wipes to cool the back of your neck when you feel a hot flash coming on.
Avoid Triggers. It may take you a while to figure out your triggers. For most women, they include coffee and red wine. Review your medications with your provider. Certain high blood pressure and cholesterol medicines are known to cause hot flashes.
Menopause Hormone Therapy : This is really the gold standard for treatment options — it is the most effective way to make sure hot flashes are manageable. There is a multitude of options, and your gynecologist can recommend a treatment that meets your needs.
Nonhormonal Medications: For women who do not wish to use hormone therapy, or cannot use it due to medical problems, there are nonhormonal medications such as gabapentin, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors SSRIs and clonidine. New Drugs: There are new drugs and injections being tested that may take care of specific menopausal symptoms. Limitations of this study include possible overestimation of hot flush duration, possible causation of some hot flushes by conditions other than menopause, exclusion of women using hormone therapy, and lack of generalisability to other populations.
It was suggested that perhaps treatments for vasomotor symptoms should be targeted more commonly to younger, irregularly menstruating women, although at this stage, finding the best type of hormone therapy which provides good control of irregular bleeding and effective contraception, at times of fluctuating hormone production, can be difficult.
Race and body mass index also significantly influenced the duration of hot flushes and are important considerations in individualizing treatment, particularly when the predicted duration of hot flushes is substantially longer than the length of hormone therapy that is currently recommended. In conclusion, it seems that for some women, especially for those who experience hot flushes early on in the menopausal transition, hot flushes may continue for many years.
While it is important that diet and lifestyle factors are examined, and especially attention is made to those with high BMI, treatment options such as HRT should be considered. Although many hold the view that HRT can only be taken for a short time, while it is still the most effective treatment currently available for controlling menopausal symptoms, it seems that for those with long duration of symptoms, its use may be needed for the same long duration and for these women, it is very likely that long-term use will continue to have more benefits than risks.
Freeman, Ellen W. PhD; Sammel, Mary D. Hot flashes may impact your daily activities and quality of life. Nighttime hot flashes night sweats can wake you from sleep and, over time, can cause long-term sleep disruptions. Research suggests that women who have hot flashes may have an increased risk of heart disease and greater bone loss than women who do not have hot flashes. Mayo Clinic does not endorse companies or products.
Advertising revenue supports our not-for-profit mission. This content does not have an English version. This content does not have an Arabic version. Overview A hot flash is the sudden feeling of warmth in the upper body, which is usually most intense over the face, neck and chest. Request an Appointment at Mayo Clinic. Share on: Facebook Twitter. Show references AskMayoExpert. Hot flashes adult. Mayo Clinic; Santen RJ, et al.
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