During perimenopause and menopause, hot flashes can happen anytime day or night. Heat rises up through your body. Your face, neck and chest might become red, and you may start sweating. And it’s more than just a pain in the neck – hot flashes, especially when they’re severe, can be really disruptive. In fact, about 3 in 10 women with hot flashes have them so badly they need treatment.Hot flashes — one of the two vasomotor symptoms (VMS) of menopause — happen when a hormone in your body called estrogen begins to drop. Estrogen affects the part of your brain that controls body temperature. Up to...

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