subject: Seven Tips For Dealing With Hot Flashes [print this page] What do you do when you suffer hot flashes? Ask most women will agree that the most common and irritable symptom of menopause is hot flashes. Some women refer to him as? Flash; because women report a feeling rinsed your face and neck. They feel that usually come with sweat.
Current theory suggests that certain brain chemicals called catecholamines and opiates may mediate hot flashes. Now that the hypothalamus is one of the glands affected by the withdrawal of estradiol, releasing a little push a substance that leads to the thermostatic instability. The signals get mixed in the body, causing a heat and sweating sequence in an effort to stabilize what he regards as a change in body temperature.
To help with that situation, here are 7 tips to cope with hot flashes in need.
Dress in layered clothing, preferably cotton, since the natural fibers allow your skin to breathe. Then when you feel a flash coming on, you can simply drop the layers to cool off. Since some flashes followed by chills, it may be useful to have a sweater To replace the top.
Reduce or eliminate a total of substances that can act as triggers: caffeine alcohol hot, spicy food diet pills hot tubs pressure.
Drink plenty of water. Keeping well hydrated can help to shape your body temperature.
Keep a supply of ice water nearby - even at night other than your bed.
Use lighter blankets or a fan near your bed to look hot flashes at night.
Limit your intake of red wine, chocolate and aged cheeses, which contain a chemical that can affect your body's thermostat and trigger a hot flash.
Use addressing other behaviors. The psychological or behavioral addressing techniques get more attention from the scientific community. For example, a small study conducted by a professor of psychiatry, Robert R. Freedman, ph. D., at Lafayette and clinical faculty of Wayne State University of Medicine in Detroit found that regular, practiced reduced hot flashes by 50 percent to 33 study participants.
Other behavioral methods include self-help self-acceptance activity (remember, out loud if necessary, that this is a temporary symptom of menopause and perfectly normal), tracking of emotions and situations prior to a flash (which puts such a degree of self- control back into the equation), and attempt to keep a sense of humor (funny moments share with friends who also go by the transition).
