From Breastcancer.org:
"A hot flash is a sudden, intense, hot feeling on your face and upper body. Hot flashes can be accompanied by a rapid heartbeat, sweating, nausea, dizziness, anxiety, headache, weakness, or a feeling of suffocation, followed by chills. Hot flashes are caused by a decrease in estrogen. When estrogen levels drop or estrogen receptors are blocked, the body’s temperature control system gets confused and the result is hot flashes.
Hot flashes are a symptom of menopause. If you’re having treatment for breast cancer, hot flashes can be more intense and last longer, particularly if menopause was medically induced."
I've had hot flashes since starting chemo and they have been worse lately since I started on the Tamoxifen. My oncologist prescribed Effexor (a mild anti depressant) to help with the hot flashes. So we'll see how that works...
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