What constitutes severe hot flushes vs mild ones?
Mild hot flushes may cause a gentle warm sensation and minimal sweating, while severe hot flushes can be intense, with profuse sweating, heart pounding, and even dizziness. Severe episodes often disrupt daily life and sleep.
Detailed Medical Explanation
Severity is based on how much a hot flush affects your daily function and sleep. Mild flushes may be occasional, brief, and tolerable. Severe ones are frequent, prolonged, and interfere with life. Clinical guidelines assess severity by number per day and level of disruption. NHS: Menopause Symptoms.
Clinical Context
Patients often describe severe hot flushes as exhausting, sleep-robbing, and embarrassing at work or social situations.
Evidence-Based Approaches
Assessment tools and symptom diaries help women and doctors evaluate severity and decide when to start treatment. RCOG: Hot Flushes.