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Anxiety and hot flashes.

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posted Wednesday, 11 May 2005

Anxiety and hot flashes.

In this study, Ellen W. Freeman, PhD, and colleagues followed for 6 years a group of women as they made the menopause transition. Their primary objective was to determine the effect of anxiety (but without depression) on the rate of menopause-related hot flashes. Compared with women whose anxiety scores were in the normal range, women with moderate anxiety experienced three times more bothersome hot flashes; those with high levels of anxiety had nearly five times more hot flashes. In these women, anxiety was mostly related to stresses of life, primarily socioeconomic factors, such as lower income levels, difficulty paying for basics, and less formal education. Smoking was also found to increase hot flashes.

"This study links anxiety from a socially stressful life to an increased risk for hot flashes," said Dr. Schiff. "In previous studies, low socioeconomic status has been statistically associated with hot flashes, but emotional stress has not been conclusively linked."


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