This story really hit me…I started having hot flashes around 37.  My doctor couldn’t believe it.  She heard of going through it early but wow!  I was a healthy 37 year old female!  Besides when I came out of high school, I was in the best shape of my life!

You can feel hot flashes coming!  It starts at your toes and works its way up like a tidal wave moving through your body!  Before you know it, it’s too late, you are covered in sweat and can’t find relief anywhere…except sticking your head in a freezer!

This is hard news for women!  Science is discovering hot flashes are much more than just a sign of menopause…the frequency or severity may also be linked to heart problems, stroke and cognitive decline later in a woman’s life.  Hard to hear right??

A study found night sweats were linked to cognitive dysfunction in menopausal women, decreasing the ability to pay attention and perform higher-level thinking tasks.  The news just gets worse, right??  It goes on…the study also found a direct link between the frequency and persistence of hot flashes and cardiovascular events later in a woman’s life. And here’s EVEN MORE bad news: Another study found there’s even a link between childhood trauma and hot flash severity later in life.

I’m a little on the discouraged side, but doing all I can to not let this happen!  Did anybody else get hot flashes in their 30’s?

Monica

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