Question For The Ladies~

[Markus Asraelius]

What is a hot flash? And, is it true that guys can get hot flashes?

[pilferk]

My mom has explained it to me like this:

You know how you feel when you get REALLY embarassed?  Red, hot face....

That feeling except all over your body.  And it doesn't go away for awhile.

[Jessica]

FLUSH

hot flush honey, not flash 


Sweating attacks. These episodes can happen at any time, as often as several times an hour.

Each hot flush usually lasts for three to six minutes.

Exactly why flushes and sweats occur is not fully understood, but mostly it is because the automatic controls of the nervous system become erratic.

This triggers the skin blood vessels to open and signals the sweat glands to become active at any time. Usually, this would only happen if you were too hot and needed to lose heat.

[Jim]

... but mostly it is because the automatic controls of the nervous system become erratic.

This triggers the skin blood vessels to open and signals the sweat glands to become active at any time. Usually, this would only happen if you were too hot and needed to lose heat.

So, basically, women are broken?

[Mandy.]

Oh dear, it happens to me all the time 

[Markus Asraelius]

Oh okay, hot flushes.

So, does it happen to men too? Or just women?

[Sweet s]

I don't Know If Men get them or not But i know I suffer from More soo At my 'special Time' Of month

[Jim]

Werewolf?

(Oh yeah... Monstrous feminine)

[Backslash]

They say hot flashes here.  I thought only menopausal women got them? 

[Markus Asraelius]

Yeah, they say hot flashes in my country too. That country being the united states of america.

[Jim]

I didn't know that it was yours. Stephen? Oh, no, he was Irish.

[JennaSide]

They say hot flashes here.? I thought only menopausal women got them??

The hormone changes menopausal women go through trigger them... but it's possible that a person can get them at other times.  Like I said, it's a hormonal thing...

[Sweet s]

It's a awful feeling having One,your face can get so hot it feels like it is on fire

[Butch Français]

... but mostly it is because the automatic controls of the nervous system become erratic.

This triggers the skin blood vessels to open and signals the sweat glands to become active at any time. Usually, this would only happen if you were too hot and needed to lose heat.

So, basically, women are broken?

ain't no fixin 'em either

[Markus Asraelius]

... but mostly it is because the automatic controls of the nervous system become erratic.

This triggers the skin blood vessels to open and signals the sweat glands to become active at any time. Usually, this would only happen if you were too hot and needed to lose heat.

So, basically, women are broken?

ain't no fixin 'em either

You mean there aren't drugs to fix that stuff?

[Jessica]

... but mostly it is because the automatic controls of the nervous system become erratic.

This triggers the skin blood vessels to open and signals the sweat glands to become active at any time. Usually, this would only happen if you were too hot and needed to lose heat.

So, basically, women are broken?

ain't no fixin 'em either

You mean there aren't drugs to fix that stuff?

There are hormones women can taken but some are too heavy and some women don't tolerate them well.

Also, a woman needs a hormonal evaluation at the hospital ( usually asked for by gynecologist) before any treatment is to be taken, to make sure the problem is hormonal and not something else ( some forms of illnesses have similar symptoms)

[Laura]

i always thought these things happend when you were old... but at 19 i def get them when im on my period! they are not pleasent at all... and the worst is when you get them while your sleeping!

[Jessica]

 

got them when i was preggers.


PS :

My dad got hot flushes all his life and was almost epileptic. he had a flush every time before feeling weird/sick. The flush was a warning sign.

[Sterlingdog]

Generally, hot flashes are associated with menopause.  But pregnant women can get them too.  They are caused by hormones, so I don't think men can get them.  They might have a similar experience, but it would have a different cause (like anxiety) and then not called a hot flash. 

[SLCPUNK]

FLUSH

hot flush honey, not flash 

In America it is "hot flash."