Research reveals hot flashes and sweats during Menopause as Healthier sign for Heart

Nothing is more embarrassing at a party with friends just the beginning of a hot flush – until you feel your cheeks blush, then spreads slowly warm feeling from your chest to your arms and finally you sweating on a cool mid-summer evening! You immediately panic thinking that you send your world menopause.

Well, there is an increase.

New research published in the journal Menopause suggests that women have a lower risk of cardiovascular disease, stroke and death.

“While they are certainly annoying, hot flashes can be totally evil,” said Northwestern Medicine endocrinologist Emily Szmuilowicz, MD, lead author of the study. “Our study found that, despite previous reports that suggest that the symptoms of menopause are associated with increased levels of markers of risk for cardiovascular disease such as hypertension and cholesterol, the figures tell a different story.”

The research examined the medical reports and medical records of more than 60,000 women who were part of the WHI observational study. WHIO aim was to investigate the possible relationships between the symptoms of menopause and heart health.

Women were grouped into a number of categories, which have suffered from hot flashes and night sweats during perimenopause and early menopause, those who suffered before, during menopause, suffered thosethat out and not suffer all.

“We found that women who had symptoms when they began menopause had fewer cardiovascular events than those who experienced hot flushes late into menopause or not,” said Szmuilowicz.

The survey results are very significant, as was previously suspected that the symptoms of menopause such as hot flashes may put women at risk of heart and, in particular cardiovascular health problems.

“It is reassuring that these symptoms are experienced by so many women do not seem to correlate with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease,” said Szmuilowicz.

Further research is needed to identify exactly why the relationship works as it does, but it will come as a relief for millions of women who presented with menopausal symptoms.

“Hot flashes are never pleasant, but perhaps these results are made more tolerable,” said Szmuilowicz.

Hot flashes are one of the most common symptoms associated with menopause and are experienced to some extent by 70-75% women. Hot flashes usually appear during the peri-menopause about two years before menstruation stops.