Hi, It seems like I am in a minority here, but not alone. LL I have had night sweats for many years now, I am 65 this year and sweats started when I was 49, horrible sweat running down my body every 45 mins this increased to every 20mins over 3yrs, with night one's all running into each other i.e staying hot all night, even after sweat had gave in to HRT, and everything changed, daytime sweats have all but stopped in the Winter, but I still get a few long one's in Summer when its humid, but not as bad as pre HRT, so I cope.have tried twice to stop HRT by cutting bits off my patch over 2mths, but once I get to a qrt patch after a week, sweats just hit me like a water hose, and with them come the over whelming panic of 'I cannot get my breath' know matter what I was doing brain went blank.so now just staying on the HRT patches unless of course GP stops them, and I will put up a big fit against that.so sorry to read your are going through this i very naively thought no period for 2yrs, maybe 2yrs of sweats and that's it finished.and thank god it is for some, but not for all of us.xxxxx Please, does anyone else have these type of ember flashes or recognise what I am saying? or have heard of these before? Thanks Loubylou This would explain to me why I am hot and stay hot for such a long time at night. In addition to this, ember flashes may be felt for many years after the standard flashes have stopped taking placeâ€. From what I have read up so far â€œthe ember flashes occur almost as quickly as standard flashes but are usually less intense and last for longer periods of time such as one hour or more. So, after doing some research I came across the description of slow or ember flashes. I get daytime hot flushes, but the night-time hot feeling which lasts for hours is a different feeling/experience. It is hard to describe and I have never felt I was having nights sweats - I have just been much too hot all over my body to sleep properly. I do sweat but nothing like some of you good ladies do at night time. Reading this forum prompted me to try and find out why I was just hot and did not seem to have the night sweats I keep reading about. My whole body feels like a radiator on the highest temperature setting. I do not sweat lots but I am just much too hot to be able to sleep. I have been so hot at night that I cannot tolerate a duvet, even the lowest tog silk duvet. The ones I get at night are not so much hot flushes that come on quickly and go quickly but rather I feel exceedingly hot and stay feeling hot, sometimes for hours at a time. I have been struggling with the fact that for the last three years I have had what I have been calling hot flashes and nights sweats. Click on the following link to learn more about treatments for hot flashes.Hello I hope someone can relate to this or has some more information about it. If your hot flashes are lowering your quality of life or you are worried that they may be caused by an underlying condition, it is advised to consult your doctor about it. Women who experience prolonged hot flashes - or any number of other menopause symptoms - have various options for potential treatment.

More Information about Prolonged Hot Flashes This is because this medication lowers the activity of estrogen in the body, similar to the low estrogen levels characteristic of menopause.Īlso, women who complete the entire menopause transition (perimenopause to postmenopause) within three years report experiencing more intense and more prolonged hot flashes. Tamoxifen has been linked to prolonged hot flashes that occur in menopausal women, and unlike the ember flashes, tamoxifen-induced prolonged flashes may be just as severe as the classic hot flash, just longer-lasting.

It is also sometimes used as a preventative treatment for women with a high risk for developing breast cancer. Tamoxifen is used to treat early and advanced stages of estrogen receptor positive breast cancer in pre- and postmenopausal women. Women who are taking the breast cancer treatment drug tamoxifen may also experience longer-than-average hot flashes. Ember flashes last longer and may not be as intense as a typical hot flash. Some women report that they experience both the typical hot flash, characterized by a rapid rush of heat that dissipates as fast as it arrived, as well as a second type - the ember flash. While hot flashes are typically thought of as a sudden, brief flash of heat, some women may experience more prolonged episodes during menopause. Hot flashes are the most common menopause symptom, and they are often seen as an emblematic part of the menopause transition.

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