Coping with the menopausal hot flash.
No data are available regarding alternatives to estrogens to help women cope with the menopausal hot flash, a condition labeled vasomotor instability of unknown etiology. This article answers questions most frequently asked by women about the hot flash, places the menopause and associated body changes within a normal growth and developmental framework, and describes methods other than estrogens that women use to cope with the hot flash.
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D002979:Climacteric / Q000187:drug effects; D004967:Estrogens / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged