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Credits: This video is from the WebMD Video Archive.2007 Medical Reference from Medstar Television. Sharon Dormire, PhD, RN, Researcher, Professor of Nursing, University of Texas, Austin, TX.
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Even on cold days, 49-year-old Laurie Denchik (DEN-chek) can have up to 24 hot flashes a day.
They wake me up in the middle of the night. Several times a night sometimes. I'll just break out in a sweat from head to toe.
Taking hormone replacement therapy isn't an option for Laurie. She, like many other menopausal women, is anxious about HRT, because of the possible risks of heart disease or breast cancer. Instead, Laurie enrolled in a new study looking at glucose levels and how they affect hot flashes.
Whenever women lose their estrogen supply at menopause, there's less or a slower development of glucose transporters. And in response, the brain tries to increase glucose availability. And that's what the hot flash is doing.
That's plenty. That's good. Thank you.
Researchers test Laurie's blood at various intervals after she receives both glucose and a placebo.
This hot flash has several peaks.
Doctor Dormire (DOOR-myer) guesses Laurie's hot flashes will increase when her blood glucose levels are low.
If she proves her theory, managing hot flashes may be similar to the way diabetics manage their sugar levels.
Eating along the line of a diabetic model. Eating frequently during the day. Eating more protein, controlling the blood glucose level to prevent highs and lows.
That means no medications – only changes in diet. And that's something Laurie is more than happy to do. For WebMD, I'm Damon Meharg.
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