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Temperature fluctuations can be difficult to handle during perimenopause and menopause. One minute you’re cold and the other you’re on fire. But once you learn about the ‘why’, the ‘how’ becomes a piece of cake!
Learn about the thermal neutral zone and tips on how to deal with sweats and shivers. And if you have any tips on how you have been managing this, I’d love to hear them
TRANSCRIPT
Have you ever felt like One minute you are cold and need a sweater, and the next moment you’re hot and have to remove it? With the change in the weather, I've been experiencing this very often these days. It's not really a hot flash but it's because of a similar mechanism that I'm going to explain. The body’s core temperature or Core body temperature in humans is beautifully regulated irrespective of that of the environment and we don’t usually sweat or shiver with changes in our ambient temperature as long as it lies within something called the thermal neutral zone. - which typically lies between 18 and 30 deg C or 65 and 86 degrees Fahrenheit. This means that as long as our ambient temperature lies between these temperatures we are comfortable - BUT if the temperature goes above the zone - we break out into a sweat and if it goes below we start to shiver. Now, at menopause this zone gets narrow - which basically means we sweat at a lower temp and shiver at a higher one. Once you understand this, you can do something about it - for example, try to find the sweet spot and adjust your room temperature while you are working or sleeping OR when that is not a possibility, dress in layers - carry a thin shrug or sweater and maybe a scarf that you can easily add or subtract from your attire. That's it for now. Stay safe and be MenopauseWize!
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