Most people know about the typical hot flashes, portrayed so over and over in television and movies.
It can also causemore surprising symptomslike brain fog, immune dysfunction, palpitations, and anxiety.
Menopause is diagnosed after you go a full twelve months without having a period.
The time leading up to menopause is known as perimenopause (viaCleveland Clinic).
It can occur up to ten years before menopause and that’s when symptoms can begin.
Though the first sign is usually irregular periods, another sign is hot flashes.
Now a new study says that hot flashes and night sweats may point to a future health issue.
They also wore sleep devices and recorded their own physical observations in a journal.
After three days, the women had their white matter hyperintensities measured using brain scans and blood tests.
Though this study shows some interesting associations, more research needs to be done.
This experiment was just a three-day study that included just 226 participants (viaNeurology).
Furthermore, all participants were mostly white women who were approximately 59 years of age.
It also doesn’t prove that white matter hyperintensities cause these cerebrovascular problems.
It simply shows a correlation for now and more studies need to be done.
