Why do women experience vasomotor symptoms such as hot flashes and night sweats?
These symptoms typically result from an estrogen deficiency and/or an imbalance between progesterone and estrogen. This type of imbalance is common in the perimenopausal years. For more information, call our 24-hour Hormone Hotline at 503-466-9166 and listen to Tracks 628, 632, and 633. I am referred to as “postmenopausal” in the comment section of my saliva test report but I do not believe I am in menopause. Am I classified this way because my hormone levels suggest that or because I had a hysterectomy? You were labeled postmenopausal based on the hysterectomy. Once a woman has had a hysterectomy, the surgery, regardless of her age, has forced her body into menopause. If the ovaries are also removed, hormone production from that primary source stops overnight. Regardless of whether the ovaries are removed, it is often the case that removal of the uterus significantly reduces blood flow to the ovaries, which in turn shuts down ovarian function within a few years of the surgery. For mor
