Hot flushes
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Hot flushes or hot flashes.
Presentation
Prevalence
- In a 2001 Belgian study, 64.8% of patients meeting the Fukuda criteria and 72.6% of patients meeting the Holmes criteria, in a cohort of 2073 CFS patients, reported hot flushes.[1]
Symptom recognition
The Canadian Consensus Criteria for ME/CFS recognizes hot flushes as a neuroendocrine system symptom.[2]
Notable studies
Possible causes
- Mast cell activation syndrome (MCAS)
- Menopause
- ME/CFS[citation needed]
Potential treatments
See also
Learn more
References
- ↑ De Becker, Pascale; McGregor, Neil; De Meirleir, Kenny (December 2001). "A definition‐based analysis of symptoms in a large cohort of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome". Journal of Internal Medicine. 250 (3): 234–240. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2796.2001.00890.x.
- ↑ Carruthers, Bruce M.; Jain, Anil Kumar; De Meirleir, Kenny L.; Peterson, Daniel L.; Klimas, Nancy G.; Lerner, A. Martin; Bested, Alison C.; Flor-Henry, Pierre; Joshi, Pradip; Powles, AC Peter; Sherkey, Jeffrey A.; van de Sande, Marjorie I. (2003), "Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Clinical Working Case Definition, Diagnostic and Treatment Protocols" (PDF), Journal of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, 11 (2): 7–115, doi:10.1300/J092v11n01_02
