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hot flushes.(Leisure)
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Post (South Africa)
| Date:
August 8, 2007
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What are hot flushes?
Experiencing hot flushes (also called flashes) is the feature that has made the menopause famous by being the most common symptom of menopause. 75 - 80% of women will suffer these feelings of intense heat over the trunk and face with an accompanying flushing of the skin.
In general, they last less than five minutes, and the sweating that accompanies these "attacks" usually start a minute after the feeling of palpitations. A hot flush may ...