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Menopause Symptoms and Relief
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Off During Menopausal Hot Flashes
During perimenopause and menopause, most are
led to believe that hot flashes and night sweats are the culprit
of the ovaries and their declining estrogen production. Thankfully,
that is wholly untrue. When estrogen production begins to decrease,
it never recovers, so if that were the case, one would have
hot flashes and night sweats for the rest of her lives. As
any woman who has gone through menopause will tell you, hot
flashes and night sweats usually stop not long after menopause
takes effect. So, here is a look at what the real cause of
these unwelcome symptoms and, more importantly, see if you
can figure out how to find relief.
What are the causes of these terrible night sweats and hot
flashes?
The body can only maintain their regularity when the hormonal
balance is exactly that: balanced. But as we age, our bodies
start to ask more of us--demanding more than we can provide.
Because of these increasing strains, it gets harder and harder
for our bodies to balance hormone levels. Basically, our body
gets overwhelmed. Night sweats and hot flashes occur when our
bodies lose the ability to maintain a hormonal balance. And,
as if that we didn’t have enough to deal with, our body’s inability
to meet these higher demands that create this imbalance tend
to reach a peak during perimenopause (the period of years leading
up to menopause). So, when you experience hot flashes and night
sweats, it is your body asking for help.
These hormonal imbalances are not the only culprit though.
Many studies on menopause have concluded that the way we live
and psychological traumas we experience daily, can also help
to incite the number and severity of hot flashes that a woman
experiences. Women with higher-then-average levels of anxiety
(who are not clinically depressed) experience near five times
the number of hot flashes then those women with low anxiety.
Those of us who smoke also experience twice the amount then
non-smoking women. And women who are have weight and obesity
problems may find themselves at a higher risk of having these
annoying hot flashes.
The best thing that you can do is to listen to your body,
then make the necessary changes. The good news is, hot flashes,
and employing any number of organic solutions can reduce the
myriad of causes.
How can you control your hot flashes and night sweats?
Thankfully, there are hundreds of natural remedies available
to women that will help decrease the frequency of hot flashes
and night sweats. The first and most basic step you should
take is to bolster the support you give your body. This must
be done gradually. You should get into the habit of putting
less physical and dietary strains on your body. Also, many
of the hot flash therapies available will help you relieve
other menopausal symptoms as well. So you’ll be killing two
birds with one stone.
When perimenopause, and eventually menopause takes hole, you
may find that you have trouble sleeping, get dizzy often, have
heart palpitations, mood swings, depression and headaches.
You may also feel like you are losing control and that those
daily tasks that were once easy have become arduous and troublesome.
You may have the desire to treat and control these unwanted
symptoms by using drugs may. You may feel that what you are
experiencing could be defined as an illness, and therefore,
you should seek a cure. But always keep in mind--these are
natural changes that your body is going through. The safest
and most effective way to treat these symptoms is to learn
about herbal alternatives. When considering these methods,
side effects should be considered carefully.
A
simple solution to fend off night sweats is to keep a glass
of water and a bottle of motherwort near your bed. If you have
a night sweat, take 10-15 drops of motherwort then drink some
water.
You may find the exercise is the most beneficial remedy. Exercise
stops hot flashes by decreasing the amount of circulating LH
and FSH. It also nourishes and tones the hypothalamus, and
raises endorphin levels (endorphin levels plummet when you
have a hot flashes). If you do at minimum 20 minutes of exercise
three times a week, you will significantly reduce the incidence
of hot flashes. # # # # #
SolveYourProblem.com
: 2006
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