General Health Information

When menopause hot flashes
occur, there is loss of estrogen. Physiologically speaking, estrogen
greatly affects the part of brain that controls the body’s temperature.
When a woman’s body is not producing enough estrogen, this part of her
brain turns the heat up, causing her to experience a menopause hot
flash. Normally, her body’s response is to cool itself down rapidly by
sweating and circulating blood throughout the body at a rapid speed. As
results, hot flushes, night sweats, and erratic temperatures occur.