Night Sweats and Hot Flashes
Part one of the Night Sweats and hot flashes series
Most Montrealers complain they do not get enough sleep. Yet, sleep affects are physical and mental health. Not having enough sleep affects our mood, our stamina, our home-life and career, and our social relationships.
Sleep is an important human function which is essential for good physical health and good mental health. Even though sleep is so important many Montrealers take sleeping for granted. They either sleep too much or more often than not, sleep less than is recommended for good health. Montrealers will catnap rather than sleep, burn the midnight oil studying, play on the computer, or just insist that they are too busy too sleep.
Conditions that affect sleep, our health, and mental health include such topics as Night Sweats and Hot Flashes, common symptoms for premenopausal women. Montrealers can go to the hospital for endocrinologists and hormone specialist. They can also take a long at this site for hormone therapists in Montreal, and across Canada
The Causes of Night Sweats and Hot Flashes
Night sweats may seem harmless, but it really does depend upon the reason you are having night sweats. Night sweats are excess sweating which occurs at night when you are sleeping. Some people wake up and their body, bedding, and bed is soaked. Night sweets are common enough and it could be caused by a room that is too hot or because someone is wearing too much clothing, but it could be other things as well. Doctors will make a distinction between being too hot because of a room that is too hot, or wearing too much clothing to bed, and being too hot because of a medical condition. Menopausal women know the classic medical term for night sweats associated with menopause. Doctor will call this type of severe night sweat hot flashes.
What causes these night sweats - hot flashes
Of course the doctor is the best one to determine what causes night sweats or hot flashes. The doctor would normally take a full medical history of the patient to know what is possibly going on.
To be continued
Sources:
http://www.medicinenet.com/night_sweats/article.htm
Published by Carol Roach
Carol Roach holds a masters in counselling psychology. She worked as a therapist at the Douglas Hospital in Montreal before becoming a professional writer.Carol is the author of the book Picking Up The Piece... View profile
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