More Valuable Information About Hot Flash
Hot Flashes affect 65-80% of
This experience is more pronounced when the female has had surgical
Dr Elizabeth Farrell, Head of the Menopause Unit at Monash Medical Centre puts in into words and says, "I think women expect that they're going to have terrible symptoms. [They think] that they're going to have problems managing, they're going to feel terrible, and they're not going to cope. In fact most women move through menopause with ease." move through menopause with ease."
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My worst hot flashes feel similar to a slight electrical shock, short-lived but very significant (as if I have stuck my finger in a light socket.) Has anyone else experience a similar type of hot flash? I have also had the type where you feel as if your temperature immediately rises and you must remove clothing while profusely perspiring.