hot flash
Sudden body heat
A hot flash is a sudden sensation of intense heat, typically in the face, neck, and chest, often accompanied by sweating and flushing.
Hot flashes are characteristic of menopause, caused by hormonal changes, though they can occur with other conditions or medications.
Also called hot flush in British English: She's been having hot flashes since her forties.
- flushSame suit, five cards
- night sweatsExcessive perspiration during sleep
- perimenopausePhase before fertility ends
- symptomIndicator of disease
- estrogenFemale reproductive hormone
hormones · hormone replacement · sweating · heat · rush · climacteric · thermoregulation · redness · sleep disturbances · black cohosh · episodes · surge · perspiration · thermostat · transient · sudden · HRT · vasodilation
- symptomsfever, headache, pain, nausea, rash
- body reactionssweating, blushing, shiver, goosebumps, twitch
- body responsesfight, flight, shivering, freeze, goosebumps
- heatheat transfer, thermal energy, heatwave, radiation, convection
- heat and fireignite, burn, flame, blaze, combust
- flare-upsflare-up, exacerbation, relapse, outbreak, episode
hot flashchill
Cold sensation or relaxation
cold spell · shiver · cold sweat · hypothermia · goosebumps
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