NAMS Menopause Textbook - Chapter 3 Vasomotor Symptoms with complete solutions.

NAMS Menopause Textbook - Chapter 3 Vasomotor Symptoms with complete solutions.Vasomotor symptoms refers to (2) 2. Hot flashes are characterized by.... 3. A night sweat is characterized by.... 4. Mild vs. moderate vs. severe hot flashes - hot flashes - night sweats sudden intense sensation of heat in the upper body, particularly the face, neck, and chest. Each episode typically lasts 1-5 minutes, and may be accompanied by perspiration, chills, anxiety, and occasionally heart palpitations a hot flash that occurs at night during sleep - mild = sensation of heat without sweating - moderate = sensation of heat with sweating, able to continue activity - severe = sensation of heat with sweating causing cessation of that activity 5. Prevalence of VMS 60-80% of people will experience during the menopause transition 6. Sociodemographic factors for most likely to experience VMS 7. People who experience moderate to severe VMS are likely to experience them for years 8. People who begin having VMS when during menopause tend to have them for the longest period of time Black women, low SES 7-10 years, and 4.5 years after the FMP early in the transition