Since 2018, Meg Mathews has been one of the UK’s foremost menopause campaigners, determined to use her profile to end the stigma surrounding it.
In her Stella magazine column, she reveals what she’s learnt. This week: How to cope with hot flushes and night sweats in summerOddly enough, I have never had a hot flush.
I have experienced 32 of the 34 menopause symptoms but luckily I escaped this one. I did however suffer badly with night sweats.
After my first night sweat, I honestly thought someone had poured a bucket of water over me. I was dripping wet and the sheets were soaked.Both hot flushes and night sweats are caused by a fall in oestrogen that makes the hypothalamus (the region in your brain that controls body temperature) think that.
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