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title: Do hot flushes in premenstrual syndrome involve the same physical changes as menopausal hot flushes?
description: Yes. This woman's hot flushes during PMS showed the same physical changes as menopausal hot flushes.
url: https://niyora.com/research/papers/objective-measurement-of-hot-flushes-associated-with-the-premenstrual-syndrome-1987/
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Case report, 1987

# Do hot flushes in premenstrual syndrome involve the same physical changes as menopausal hot flushes?

Yes. This woman's hot flushes during PMS showed the same physical changes as menopausal hot flushes.

 Early or limited evidence

One 26-year-old woman with PMS who had never been pregnant.

## What they did

Researchers tracked a 26-year-old woman's symptoms for 2 menstrual cycles. During one cycle when her PMS score was high, they monitored her skin electrical activity, finger temperature, and hormone levels for 8 hours.

## What they found

During 8 hours of monitoring she had 5 hot flush episodes. Each episode involved a drop in skin electrical resistance of up to 4000 ohms. Three episodes included a rise in finger temperature of up to 10 degrees C. These physical changes match those seen in menopausal hot flushes.

## What it means for you

This suggests hot flushes in PMS may involve similar hormone-related physical changes as those in menopause. The limit is that this is one case, so we don't know if other women with PMS have the same physical responses.

5

hot flush episodes during monitoring

4000 ohms

maximum drop in skin electrical resistance

10 degrees C

maximum rise in finger temperature

## About the study

Original title Objective measurement of hot flushes associated with the premenstrual syndrome Authors Casper RF, Graves GR, Reid RL Journal Fertility and sterility Year 1987 Study design Case report What was tested None. This was observational monitoring. Open access Yes Read the paper [doi.org/10.1016/s0015-0282(16)50016-8](https://doi.org/10.1016/s0015-0282(16)50016-8)

## Topics

[Premenstrual syndrome (PMS)](https://niyora.com/research/topics/condition-pms/)[Perimenopause and menopause](https://niyora.com/research/topics/comorbidity-perimenopause/)

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