In the vast field of women's health, one well-known disruption often affects women's quality of life: hot flashes.
Primarily associated with menopause, these sudden surges of heat disrupt the daily lives of 8 million French women for an average of 7 years.
Let’s dive into this topic, examine its possible origins, and explore various ways to manage them.
Hot flashes: what are they?
Menopause causes a drop in estrogen levels, which disrupts body temperature regulation, generating hot flashes that can manifest as early as perimenopause and persist into post-menopause.
Hot flashes are characterized by a sudden rise in temperature in the face, neck, and chest area, accompanied by sweating and flushing. They occur unpredictably between 1 to 15 times a day for the women affected, disrupting their daily lives during menopause, perimenopause, and even post-menopause, with variations in frequency and intensity.
How to identify hot flashes?
These episodes result from a dilation of small blood vessels due to the hormonal imbalance of menopause, causing a sudden sensation of intense heat. They are often accompanied by flushing, excessive sweating, heart palpitations, chills, and can even cause faintness. Their occurrence at night, known as "night sweats," disrupts sleep, leading to fatigue and irritability, with intensity varying from one person to another.
Adjusting your daily life to manage hot flashes
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Modify your lifestyle: Alcohol, tobacco, spicy foods, and certain medications can also trigger hot flashes in response to various stimuli. Exercise
- Manage stress: Practice relaxation exercises, such as meditation, to reduce stress and anxiety, thereby helping to alleviate hot flashes.
- Hydrate daily: Sip small amounts of ice water at the onset of a hot flash to soothe symptoms.
- Exercise: Sport: walking, cycling, running... may help promote hormone regulation, and thus help with hot flashes. Gentler forms of exercise, such as yoga, could decrease the occurrence of hot flashes
The Athana device, the French innovation that relieves hot flashes
The Athana device is a portable "electronic ice pack" that relieves hot flashes in seconds; it uses cryotherapy, a natural therapy using cold.
Simply turn on the device and apply the cold part to the nape of your neck, chest, or wrists to feel the cold soothe your hot flashes.
During a hot flash, skin temperature rises due to hormonal imbalance. To counter this, the Athana device emits waves of cold between 5 and 10°C onto the body's thermosensitive areas.
In a few seconds, skin temperature decreases, redness disappears, and sweating stops.
- No medication or hormonal treatment
Athana uses cryotherapy—the power of cold. A natural alternative, chemical-free and odorless.
- Anywhere and anytime
At the office, at home, or on the go, use Athana to relieve your daily hot flashes.
- Long battery life
The device is battery-rechargeable; a 40-minute charge provides relief for 20 hot flashes.
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