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Hot flashes during peri-menopause and menopause are seriously annoying! Fortunately, there are things that you can do to help them.
The body has a plethora of hormones that are always changing and adjusting to stresses in the interior and exterior environment. One of those stressors is regulating temperature. As you age, the hypothalamus becomes more sensitive to these changes, likely due to reduction of estrogen levels, which then causes events to occur to dissipate heat (hot flashes occur). For many, to say that these changes are uncomfortable, is an understatement. Neurotransmitters in the brain can also play a role as some of the other chemicals that also regulate temperature.
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