Hot Flashes and the menopause

As women begin to enter ‘perimenopause’ (the time period leading up to early menopause), most will start to experience some of the common symptoms we associate with menopause.4 Vasomotor symptoms (which includes hot flushes and night sweats) are the most common symptoms, experienced by over 80% of perimenopausal women.5

It is thought that hot flushes are caused by changes in the levels of the hormones which control your body’s temperature.4 A hot flush can begin without warning at any time of the day or night, but many women start to recognise that certain things can also trigger them.

Symptoms like hot flushes can begin years before your last period, and some women will continue to experience them for a number of years afterwards. ^{4NHS. https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/menopause [Accessed December 2018],}

Just as the menopause is different for each woman, so their symptoms will differ too. Some women will be lucky enough to only have occasional hot flushes and can easily cope with them, but others have many more a day, which has a big impact on their day-to-day lives. ^{4NHS. https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/menopause [Accessed December 2018], 5Rapkin A. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2007; 196:97-106.}

Like many women you may be looking for alternative therapies to support you through.^{4NHS. https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/menopause [Accessed December 2018], 15Menopause Matters. Alternative Therapies. https://www.menopausematters.co.uk/remedies.php [Accessed December 2018]. ,}

Femal has been specially formulated to support you through different phases of the menopause.

The menopause may include symptoms such as hot flushes, night sweats, irritability, low mood and insomnia.^{CCFemal Core Claims Document, December 2018}