Night sweat is one of the most common and visible symptoms associated with menopause. In fact a majority of women, especially in the Western countries, experience this symptom during menopausal transitional stage. You may wake up in the middle of the night with an irritating feeling of warmth and find your bed shit totally wet with your sweat. This is called night sweating and can really come in the way of a good night’s sleep that you need so desperately.

Menopause night sweats can be termed as the abnormal sweating at night during menopause. The night sweats can be the result of the hormonal imbalances in the body during menopause. The intensity of night sweats differs from woman to woman. Some women may experience a mild period of night sweating vanishing in a few days; while some other women may get a severe degree of night sweating for a long time leading to great discomfort. Menopause night sweats can be really disturbing and can hamper a sound sleep leading to insomnia. As the menopausal women is unable to have a good sleep because of night sweat, other symptoms like fatigue, irritability and mood swing may accompany.

In most of the cases it is seen that the menopausal night sweats disappear with the passing of time. Only in some rare cases the symptom stays for a very long time. To reduce the affects of night sweats you can take up some measures like

• no caffeine or alcohol before going to bed
• Make the bedroom temperature cool
• Use soft bed sheets
• If you can not sleep wake up, do something else and again go to sleep after sometime