2017
DOI: 10.1080/13697137.2017.1306507
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The menopausal hot flush: a review

Abstract: The hot flush is the most characteristic and often the most distressing symptom of the menopause. It is a unique feature and yet the mechanism and health implications are still not fully understood. This review summarizes some of the current thoughts on factors contributing to flushing, the physiological, vascular and neuroendocrine changes associated with flushing and the possible cardiovascular and other health implications for women experiencing hot flushes. Therapy is not discussed.

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“…Excess sweating and flushing is commonly seen in perimenopausal and menopausal women. This can be explained by an imbalance of the temperature‐regulating system, resulting from an interplay of declining oestrogen levels, endorphins and 5‐hydroxytryptamine (5‐HT), and an increase in 5‐HT receptors and subsequent increase in norepinephrine, which initiates flushing . However, this does not explain why postmenopausal craniofacial hyperhidrosis occurs in these women years after the menopause, and also does not explain why HRT does not improve their symptoms.…”
Section: Reportmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Excess sweating and flushing is commonly seen in perimenopausal and menopausal women. This can be explained by an imbalance of the temperature‐regulating system, resulting from an interplay of declining oestrogen levels, endorphins and 5‐hydroxytryptamine (5‐HT), and an increase in 5‐HT receptors and subsequent increase in norepinephrine, which initiates flushing . However, this does not explain why postmenopausal craniofacial hyperhidrosis occurs in these women years after the menopause, and also does not explain why HRT does not improve their symptoms.…”
Section: Reportmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Однако в дальнейших исследованиях было показано, что снижение уровня ЛГ и ответа гонадотрофов на гонадотропин-рилизинг-гормон (ГнРГ) не влияло на частоту возникновения приливов. Ученые предположили, что регулирующие высвобождение ЛГ события имеют отношение также и к контролю терморегуляции и способны инициировать появление вазомоторных симптомов [2,4].…”
Section: этиология приливовunclassified
“…Активация норадренергической системы обусловливает изменение функциональной активности центра терморегуляции, а именно сужение терморегуляторной зоны, в условиях чего любое повышение температуры «ядра» тела женщины даже на 0,01 °C запускает процесс теплоотдачи, симптомы которой также лежат в основе приливов. Имеются предположения, что вызванная дефицитом эстрогенов активация 5-НТ2А-рецепторов серотонина, которые участвуют в реализации гипертермии, также может быть вовлечена в этот процесс [4].…”
Section: значение нейромедиаторов и вазоактивных веществ в патогенезеunclassified
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