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Hello doc. My sister is 45 years old, she is feeling hot flashes and excessive sweating. What does this indicates? Is she suffering from thyroid.
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Hello! The symptoms are of a peri menopausal type. How are her periods? Are they irregular. Sometimes these symptoms can occur 1-2 years also around the time of menopause.
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This means that she is in the perimenopausal state and hence the hot flushes due to lack of estrogen.
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