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[Flloyd]

I have copd and osteoporosis. Can anyone tell me why I am getting hot flushes at 73 years old.

[Damon1864 Volunteer]

Hi and welcome I have the same conditions as you and I sometimes get hot flushesbut I don't know why. Hope all you have a goodnight and take care 😊 Bernadette and Jack 🐕 xxxxxx 🌻

[Lynneypin]

I get them too, 20 years post menopause. My gp said for some women they never stop but I have a lung condition with yellow phlegm and I wonder if living with a low grade infection causes them.

[B0xermad in reply to Lynneypin]

My asthma nurse said some of her patients still need hrt into their 70s .I am on montelukast for airways and after they get into my system I have terrible hot flushes,I also take 1mg hrt too but am 62yrs old

[1947Mags]

Me to and I'm 75 does life ever get any easier stripping off then putting everything back on is not only tiering it also get me down. Take care Mags.

[Bingo88 in reply to 1947Mags]

Would it be easier to use a fan when you're too hot. Just a suggestion Brian

[1947Mags in reply to Bingo88]

I do but it doesn't work quite like that when not having a flush the fan makes me to cold I put an extra layer on and I'm flushing again so I take the extra layer off by then I'm exhausted and cold and have to switch the fan off. Flushing is not like just being to hot, Mags

[Oshgosh in reply to 1947Mags]

The ex landlord of our local used to say *cardigan off when someone went hot ,then cold.

[1947Mags in reply to Oshgosh]

Yes that sounds right but when you are 75 and have fatigue due to a health condition it gets very wearing, some days the fatigue is so bad it is an effort to do anything. Mags

[Tykelady]

I had a problem free menopause 30 years ago but over the last year I have been having flushes in the evenings. I put it down to being on oxygen but I don't really know.

[Izb1]

I have had hot flushes from the age of 38 I am now almost 70 and they never stop for some women, i am one of them. I was on hrt for 10 years and was a relief but had to come of when lumps started in my breast. Have tried it since but had problems with bruising . I would ask your doctor why you have suddenly started with these at your age x

[watergazer]

Hi. Yes I too am pestered with hot flushes and change of body temperature. I started getting them around the age of 40 and they continue ! I am almost 68 I have mild asthma and bronchiectasis and ulcerative colitis. I have tried evening primrose oil but to no avail. If anyone has a remedy let me know please xx

[hypercat54]

Hi I still get the odd hot flush many years later. I believe some women still do. I also found since the change my temperature control has gone wonky and I can't stand too much heat. I can suddenly become very hot but it's all over and not just a flush.

[knitter in reply to hypercat54]

Hi hypercat , my thermostat has failed ……got new ones for my old car and central heating boiler …..need a replacement for mine too.

Used to love the heat, not any more.

[Med75]

Morning, interesting post about hot flushes & reliving knowing I’m not the only person suffering.I started the menopause at 50, put on HRT for 10 years which helped greatly sadly advised to come off them.

After a few years the hot flushes started I put them down to all the medication I’m on…Interesting reading BOxermad’s thoughts on montelukas as I’m on these tablets & now trying to think if the flushes started when put on this medication.

Anyway thanks for everyone’s replies it’s a relief knowing there are others still suffering…by the way I’m 77 this coming July.

[Daisytime]

Hi and welcome, I had hrt at 31yrs old after a hysterectomy, marvelous until at 61 the doctor refused to give any more. After a couple of years of melting day and night I tried a natural remedy called Pueraria gold plus. Its a natural herb from Thailand apparently. I have been taking it for 2 yrs now with no side effects. No more hot flushes or hair loss, Whilst I recommend it no clinical trials have been conducted but I reckoned it had to be safer than hrt. Maybe worth checking out.

P.s I am 70yrs old now with emphysema and periperal artery disease, ostioarthritis. I concluded quality of life was important too.

Mrs T

[Mavary in reply to Daisytime]

Can you please tell e where I may get this too. I’m wrapping up then taking it off all the time. I had a hysterectomy in my early thirties which put me straight into the change. I took HRTfor twenty something years but had to come off of it because of really bad migraines. So since 2006 I have suffered ever since with really hot flushes. When I get one my breathing gets bad and I’m puffing and blowing.

[Daisytime in reply to Mavary]

I get them online from herb wizard but there are other suppliers. Check with your doctor maybe first, my doctor (male) just smiled and said it was fine to take if I thought it would help!

[Mavary in reply to Daisytime]

Thank you. X

[Flloyd in reply to Daisytime]

Many thanks

[Patk1 in reply to Mavary]

I had hysterectomy,ovaries etc all removed and v quickly had saturating( literally) hot flushes.none of the hrt formulas worked for me.I read up on herbal remedies & found that black cohosh plus Angus castus worked quite well for me

[Patk1 in reply to Patk1]

Ps i can't remember why/ whn i stopped them

[Mavary in reply to Patk1]

I tried the black cahosh and it did nothing for me. I had a hysterectomy because of fibroids. I also tried eating Chickpeas as they say it’s a natural hormone. No effect at all. They wouldn’t do that in this day and age. I was I think 32 or 33. Much too early. That’s what they did then. I had the rest took away a year later as one of my ovaries swelled up to the size of a plum. I was then thrown straight into an awful amount of hot flushes. I wasn’t allowed to have hormone treatment for six weeks. It was the worst six weeks ever.

[Flloyd in reply to Mavary]

I’ve been told it’s from herb wizard but there are other suppliers

[Alice70]

I getvnight sweats ,I blame my inhailers ,as didn't get them before

[Mavary in reply to Alice70]

I get them on and off in the daytime. I had to take my cardi off a few minutes ago. They get worse if I get tired.

[Flloyd]

Thank you all very much for your comments. I am going to try the herbal remedy that Daisytime recommended.

[pinkup]

I get them occasionally.They seem to occur when I am more fatigued than usual- particularly when humidity higher.

I think it is the stress humidity puts on cardio and respiratory symptoms