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Causes and solutions of menopausal insomnia

Women who have passed menopause recall that period of time, it is really filled with emotion, especially the symptoms of hot flashes and night sweats, which is really annoying. Originally, menopausal women are prone to insomnia. If night sweats occur when they go to bed at night, it is more difficult to sleep well, which will seriously affect the life and work of the next day. If this goes on, they will feel irritable and cause other psychological diseases.

The current level of medicine still does not know what pathological causes of hot flashes and night sweats, and what part of the thermoregulation system fails, so that a woman suddenly (without any warning) feels her skin burning like a fire. If she was in a public place, she would think that people's eyes were fixed on her burning face, and she would be frightened. However, this change is actually slight, people will not notice from the appearance of a hot and humid woman's abnormal.

Women's menopause lasts up to 10 years, and the symptoms of hot flashes and night sweats last for two years in most menopausal women. Estrogen supplementation can improve the symptoms. You can also try the following 'self-care' methods:

1. Looking for incentives: hot flashes are mostly intermittent attacks, and there are different incentives for people. Menopausal women should pay attention to their daily activities, diet, environment and emotional changes, if necessary, can also keep a diary. Some women have found patterns of behavior that trigger hot flashes in the process. Therefore, it is necessary to find a proper way to overcome hot flashes.

2. Changing clothes: in public, it is often embarrassing to work with the tide, which is even more like fueling the hot tide. Therefore, menopausal women might as well wear one or two layers of clothing, in order to increase or decrease at any time when hot flashes occur.

3. Natural fiber fabrics, such as cotton and wool, are suitable for wearing.

4. Avoid alcohol and tobacco: alcohol and nicotine stimulation, will cause abnormal changes in blood pressure and mental aspects, so menopausal women should not drink, smoke, coffee, tea, etc. should also drink less.

5. Relax your body and mind: when hot flashes appear, you should pay attention to stabilizing your mood. You can relax and meditate. You can imagine yourself in a cool place. You can also drink a glass of cold water, which can also help relieve hot flashes.

Menopausal women do not think that hot flashes and night sweats are nothing, it will seriously affect sleep, so that you suffer from menopausal insomnia, and menopausal insomnia is a lot of menopausal syndrome inducement, if not treated in time, the consequences are very serious, so we should early detection, timely treatment, smoothly through the menopause.