{"id":3587,"date":"2026-09-03T20:34:40","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T20:34:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/?p=3587"},"modified":"2026-09-03T20:34:40","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T20:34:40","slug":"what-happens-in-the-body-during-a-hot-flash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/?p=3587","title":{"rendered":"What Happens in the Body During a Hot Flash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.healthywomen.org\/media-library\/woman-sitting-in-front-of-a-fan.png?id=67725696&amp;width=1245&amp;height=700&amp;coordinates=0%2C0%2C0%2C0\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"shortcode-media shortcode-media-rebelmouse-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/roar-assets-auto.rbl.ms\/files\/111504\/What%20Happens%20in%20the%20Body%20During%20a%20Hot%20Flash.pdf?rand=1788464803410\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"What Happens in the Body During a Hot Flash infographic. Click to view PDF\" class=\"rm-shortcode\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"95450b9c6597ca0772b9f0a9f0f77ce8\" data-rm-shortcode-name=\"rebelmouse-image\" id=\"4d3b7\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.healthywomen.org\/media-library\/what-happens-in-the-body-during-a-hot-flash-infographic-click-to-view-pdf.png?id=67725700&amp;width=980\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"my-accordion\"><button class=\"menu\"><strong>+ Infographic text<\/strong><\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"panel close\">\n<div style=\"padding:10px\">\n<p>About 3 out of 4  women deal with hot flashes related to menopause.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p><strong>  What is a hot flash? <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>As your ovaries produce less estrogen, cells in your hypothalamus, the part of your brain that controls temperature, are thrown off balance. <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>These cells send a false signal that your body is too warm. <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>When your body tries to lower your temperature, blood vessels near your skin widen in an attempt to cool you down.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>This causes flushing and sweating, also known as a hot flash. <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>When hot flashes happen when you sleep, they are called night sweats. <\/p>\n<p><strong>  During a hot flash <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Skin may turn red, flushed and blotchy\u00a0 <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Your face, neck and chest may feel hot and sweaty\u00a0 <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Your heart may race or flutter\u00a0 <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>You may feel anxious <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>You may get the chills or shiver\u00a0 <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>How long does a hot flash last? \u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A typical hot flash lasts just a few minutes. <\/p>\n<p>Women experience hot flashes for 7 years on average.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p><strong>Do all women get hot flashes?\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Some women don\u2019t get hot flashes at all, or barely notice them. For others, hot flashes are extreme and disrupt normal life.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p><strong>Putting a damper on hot flashes\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There are lifestyle changes and treatments that can help with hot flashes:\u00a0 <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Reduce caffeine <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Avoid spicy food <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Limit alcohol <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Don\u2019t smoke <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Hormone therapy <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Non-hormonal medicine <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Cognitive behavioral therapy <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Talk to your clinician to learn your options.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p><em>This educational resource was created with support from Astellas.<\/em> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthywomen.org\/your-health\/what-happens-during-hot-flash\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>+ Infographic text About 3 out of 4 women deal with hot flashes related to menopause.\u00a0 What is a hot flash? As your ovaries produce less estrogen, cells in your hypothalamus, the part of your brain that controls temperature, are thrown off balance. These cells send a false signal that your body is too warm. When your body tries to lower your temperature, blood vessels near your skin widen in an attempt to cool you down.\u00a0 This causes flushing and sweating, also known as a hot flash. When hot flashes happen when you sleep, they are called night sweats. During a hot flash Skin may turn red, flushed and blotchy\u00a0 Your face, neck and chest may feel hot and sweaty\u00a0 Your heart may race or flutter\u00a0 You may feel anxious You may get the chills or shiver\u00a0 How long does a hot flash last? \u00a0 A typical hot flash lasts just a few minutes. Women experience hot flashes for 7 years on average.\u00a0 Do all women get hot flashes?\u00a0 Some women don\u2019t get hot flashes at all, or barely notice them. For others, hot flashes are extreme and disrupt normal life.\u00a0 Putting a damper on hot flashes\u00a0 There are lifestyle changes and treatments that can help with hot flashes:\u00a0 Reduce caffeine Avoid spicy food Limit alcohol Don\u2019t smoke Hormone therapy Non-hormonal medicine Cognitive behavioral therapy Talk to your clinician to learn your options.\u00a0 This educational resource was created with support from Astellas. \u00a0 Source link<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3588,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3587"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3587\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}