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From: pc@hplabsb.UUCP (Patricia Collins)
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Subject: Re: Hot Flashes
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Date: Fri, 16-Dec-83 12:13:50 EST
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Posted: Fri Dec 16 12:13:50 1983
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	Hot flashes are not limited to menopausal women.  ANyone with
a hormone imbalance can suffer this annoyance.  The symptoms are as you
might guess: suddenly feeling hot and clammy, then feeling fine or even
cool.  It can be disconcerting the way that intermittent dizziness can be.
I think that the capillaries dilate, making you flush.  The endocrine
system is an amazingly complicated network.  In my experience, a hormone
imbalance can be accompanied by (I hesistate to say "cause") lots of
seemingly unrelated symptoms (e.g., allergy-like symptoms).  Watch out!
Medical people have a propensity for dispensing steroids in these cases.

As for hysterectomies, I believe the pendulum is swinging back.  However,
a second (conservative) opinion is mandatory, as far as I'm concerned.
I DO know of a woman who had a hysterectomy with a wonderful side effect.
She had been badly diabetic most of her life.  After the hysterectomy,
the diabetes cleared to a point where it could be controlled with diet!
This was a person who had been totally dependent on insulin injections
for her whole adult life.