Flushing - a sudden sensation of heat, covering the whole body, especially the face and neck. Some women compare their feelings so as if they were suddenly thrust to his waist in the preheated oven. Body temperature during high tide can rise significantly, and the pulse is usually slightly released. The skin becomes red or if it is covered with red spots, may feel dizzy. In most cases, both begins and sweating.

And while you sleep to rest the annoying hot flashes can be a little: flushing and sweating usually occur as more time at night. Some women wake up at five or six times a night so wet that they have to change nightgowns or even bed sheets. Sometimes on the approximation of tidal signals and unreasoning anxiety. The strong heat wave is usually followed by chills and a sense of compression of the skin, which can last up to several hours.

Flushing may last from several seconds to an hour. Sometimes they are almost unnoticeable, while in other cases, and deliver significant inconvenience. Some women may be only a few weak tides of blood a week, while others experience them more than a dozen per day. If the tides are so frequent and intense that just exhaust the, causing nervousness, fatigue and insomnia, it makes sense to consult a doctor. Do doctors there such a diagnosis as "a pathological climax, in which case the patient recommended sitting for a while at home on sick leave.

Status of women in the early stages of menopause is similar to hot flashes among adolescents at the time of puberty. And in fact, and in another case we can speak about a kind of transition. Most often these tides occur in spring and autumn.

 
How long do hot flashes last?

The cause of hot flashes remains poorly understood. It is assumed that these vasomotor disturbances in some way associated with changes in hormones and other chemicals in the blood. As a general rule, most women do not begin to ebb until the body is not reduced estrogen levels, while levels of FSH remained high, but some flashes may start much earlier. Duration is the period during which a woman plagued by a feeling of heat, is very individual. Approximately half the women, these symptoms subside and disappear within a year. Another one-third of the fair sex, they last two to three years. However, the medicine known cases where tides disturb the sixty-, seventy women, but such cases are, fortunately, very little.