title: [Flushes, blushing or hot flushes].
abstract: Apart from physiological flushes represented by emotional or prudish blushing, post-prandial flushes and menopausal hot flushes, various pathologic flushes exist of various etiologies: endocrine, dysmetabolic, histaminic and iatrogenic. Their pathogenicity is based mainly on local metabolites secretion provoking vasodilatation of the intermediary microcirculation rather than of the terminal microcirculation. Treatment is a function of etiology and therefore of the patient's history and results of clinical examination, functional exploration and standard biologic tests.
mesh_terms: D001808:Blood Vessels / Q000502:physiology; D001821:Blushing / Q000502:physiology; D002979:Climacteric / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D005483:Flushing / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans
vernacular_title: Les flushes, bouffées de rougeur ou bouffées de chaleur.