How Intense Can a Hot Flash Be?

Most of the 40% of menstruating women who get hot flashes will have mild to moderate hot flashes. The unlucky 10% to 15% of women who experience severe hot flashes will definitely want to seek help from medical professionals.

Women who have already experienced breast cancer are more prone to having severe hot flashes.

Women who transition faster through peri-menopause than their peers will also experience more severe hot flashes.

Women who have had surgical menopause or who have undergone chemotherapy-induced medical menopause will also be more likely to experience severe hot flashes.

Women who have not been warned about what to expect beforehand … read more