Thursday, September 17, 2009
Seven tips to deal with hot flushes
Seven tips to deal with hot flushes What to do when you suffer hot flashes? Ask most women and they will agree with me that the most common and irritable symptom of menopause is hot flushes. Some women see it as one? Flash? because women have a feeling flushed face and neck. This feeling is usually sweating. Current theory suggests that certain brain chemicals called opioids and catecholamines mediate May hot flushes. And 'now assume that the hypothalamus, a gland, the withdrawal of estradiol, in some way trigger outputs, essentially, that the results of thermoregulatory instability. The body? S get mixed signals, triggering a sequence of heat and sweating, trying to stabilize what it perceives as a change in body temperature. To help you with this situation, here are 7 tips for dealing with hot flushes, it may be necessary. 1. Dress in layers of clothing, preferably cotton, natural fibers, as they allow the skin to breathe. So if you are a flash - you come, you can simply shed layers to cool. Since some flash followed by chills, may be useful to make a sweater, to retu to. 2nd Limit or completely eliminate the substances that can be used as triggers: caffeine, alcohol, hot spicy foods, diet pills, hot - tub; stress. 3rd Drink plenty of water. Keeping hydrated can also adjust your body temperature. 4th Keep a supply of ice water nearby - even during the night next to the bed. 5th Use lightweight blankets or a fan near your bed with hot flushes during the night. 6. Limit intake of red wine, chocolate and cheese, with a chemical, based on the body of the thermostat and a hot flash. 7th To use other coping behaviors. Psychological or behavioral techniques to face increasing attention from the scientific community. For example, a small study conducted by a professor of psychiatry, Robert R. Freedman, Ph.D., at the Lafayette Clinic and Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit, who regularly practiced breathing reduces hot flushes by up to 50 percent in the study? s 33 participants. Other methods include behavioral self-help self-acceptance (remember, out loud, if necessary, that this is one of the symptoms of menopause at all temporary and normal), feelings and situations before a flash (and with it a certain degree of self-control in the equation), and try to give a sense of 'humor (parts funny moments with friends who are also making the transition).
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