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WELCOME to HOT FLASHES

Hot Flashes can be the worst thing that menopause can throw at you. They can last for years, even decades and many people struggle to find their own way of dealing with it. Science doesn't know why some women suffer hot flashes and others don't. It isn’t genetic and having children isn’t a factor. So this site joins the search to find an answer, if indeed there is one to be found.

The most common sufferers of hot flashes (aka flushes) are thought to be menopausal women in their 40's, 50's and 60's, but many are unaware that there is also a male equivalent of menopause sometimes accompanied by male hot flashes as well. Within this site, the symptoms of menopause refers to both genders. As a rule we also describe brief symptoms as hot flashes, and longer episodes as hot flushes, but they are essentially the same and are used interchangeably on this site.

So why do people get menopause hot flashes?
One theory suggests that human beings aren't actually supposed to live as long as we do now. This idea is not a pleasant line of thought, but it’s true that most species are at the end of their lifespan when they are no longer able to reproduce. We treat menopause by relieving the symptoms rather than asking why some women and men breeze through this time without a care, and others find themselves in a private hell that few can understand.

The onset of menopause also dramatically increases a womans risk of osteoporosis. The solution is simple. An increase in your recommended daily intake (RDI) of four essential vitamins and minerals. More >>

Menopause symptoms, menopause treatments and tips to help you cope with hot flashes and night sweats are all included on this site, and we encourage you to have a good read through. We also maintain a store on eBay which stocks practical, non-therapeutical products like cooling Thermo Mate neck wraps and battery operated hand fans that can bring fast, effective relief of symptoms. See details below.

Before you leave our site, we would like to ask as many women and men as possible to complete our short survey, in an effort to one day find the common denominator between those who suffer hot flashes and night sweats. Between the respondents an answer might be found.

Help us by answering the Survey and do bookmark this site for future findings that will be published here on our Articles page.