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

You may have heard a woman complain about having “hot flashes” and had visions of her head suddenly going up in flames or perhaps you thought she was having brilliant flashes of inspiration for that next greatest product. Hot flashes are actually a symptom some women experience as they go through menopause. Not all women experience them, but enough do that it is a very commonly heard phrase for women in their fifties to hear and to utter – “I am having hot flashes!”. Women going through the life change referred to as “menopause” will experience different symptoms that may … read more