Child abuse associated with physiologically detected hot flashes

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-09/tnam-caa091019.php

News Release 24-Sep-2019
The North American Menopause Society (NAMS)

Childhood abuse has been shown to lead to an array of health problems later in life. A new study now shows that such abuse may be linked with physiologically detected hot flashes. Study results will be presented during The North American Menopause Society (NAMS) Annual Meeting in Chicago, September 25-28, 2019.

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"Our investigation found that childhood sexual and physical abuse were associated with more frequent hot flashes during sleep when measured at a single time point. We also learned that women with a history of emotional abuse showed an increase in hot flashes five years later, whereas their non-abused counterparts showed a decrease in hot flashes five years later," says Mary Carson, lead author of the study from the Department of Psychology at the University of Pittsburgh.

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tags: child abuse