Temperature with menopause in women (can it rise): subfebrile, basal (with hot flashes)

The climacteric period is not just a malfunction of the menstrual cycle, but also a number of accompanying symptoms that negatively affect the well-being. And an increased subfebrile temperature with menopause in women does not always indicate the presence of an inflammatory process.

Increased blood pressure, hot flashes or menstruation are often accompanied by a slight and short increase in the mercury column. But everything is much more serious if a symptom occurs regardless of menopausal manifestations (even a harmless indicator of 37.2 can signal the presence of a serious pathology). The doctor will help determine the nature of the deviation, and we will acquaint you with the reasons.

What should be the temperature during menopause

As practice shows, only a few ladies with menopause ask themselves the question: can the body temperature rise in an absolutely healthy woman?

Almost always, an elevated temperature signals the presence of an inflammatory process, infection or a cold (and it is not at all necessary that the thermometer scale exceeds 38 ° C).

But with the female body, everything is not so simple. After all, even the healthiest of the fairer sex, the temperature rises from time to time. The indicator changes depending on the time of day: in the morning it is a classic 36.6 ° C, in the evening, under the influence of certain factors, it can rise to 37.3 ° C. Otherwise, everything is fine, the woman does not complain about her health, she just gets tired a little faster than usual.

With menopause in women, an increase in temperature is a consequence of the processes taking place in the body adapting to new conditions.Indicators can reach 37.5–37.7 ° C.

Why does the temperature rise

The menopausal period is full of "surprises" that affect the state of the whole organism. To make it clearer, briefly about what menopause is:

Menopause is a hormonal change, leading to a gradual fading of fertility. The ovaries stop working, estrogen levels drop to a critical level and the woman can no longer become a mother. And all would be fine, because this period occurs at an age when children have grown up long ago. But the problem is that often the menopausal period is accompanied by severe symptoms that require specialist help and treatment.

There are several reasons that provoke an increase in body temperature in women with the onset of menopause. The physiological consequences of hormonal changes include:

Tides

The most common symptom that occurs with menopause and leads to fluctuations in temperature is hot flashes. Especially bothersome are attacks during premenopause, when the level of estrogen decreases, and the connections of the pituitary gland are disrupted. The part of the brain responsible for the thermoregulatory properties of the body receives incorrect signals and reacts. The lumens of the blood vessels are narrowed, the heart works for wear and tear, accelerating the blood more intensively.

Hot flashes are the first bells of hormonal changes, the extinction of reproductive function. The symptom manifests itself long before the cessation of menstruation sometimes requires treatment.

If you suffer in silence and neglect medical help with menopause, sudden temperature changes can lead to migraine pains, nervous breakdowns, fainting, etc.

When discussing their condition with their doctor, about 80% of women complain of the following symptoms:

1. A sudden sensation of heat, redness of the face and upper body (the main aorta, which reacts to a change in temperature, lies behind the sternum - hence the heat and redness spreads).
2. Lack of air, breathlessness.
3. Increased sweating.
4. Acceleration of heart rate.
5. An increase in temperature indicators up to 37-37.5 ° C (sometimes a feeling that the body temperature rises is biased).

The wave of heat rarely lasts longer than 5 minutes, giving way to chills, the appearance of profuse perspiration. So during menopause, the temperature can not only "jump", but also go down.

Hot flashes usually occur in the afternoon or at night, when physical fatigue "meets" anxiety.

Attention! If the body temperature rises to 38 degrees, it is better to see a doctor for examination and receive qualified help.

Increased blood pressure

With age, the capillaries and vascular walls become thinner and lose their elasticity. Lack of estrogen becomes a catalyst that triggers pathological processes in the cardiovascular system.

Harmful cholesterol in the form of plaques builds up on the vessels, further narrowing them. The blood becomes more viscous, it is difficult to pass through the system and the heart has to work hard.

All these are favorable conditions for the development of hypertension, stroke, heart attack. Sharp fluctuations in blood pressure during menopause may be accompanied by low-grade fever. This is not a pathology, but the body's reaction to a deviation from the norm.

Increased pressure is manifested by pressing pain (sometimes throbbing) in the occipital region, nausea, dizziness, or no symptoms at all. The woman does not know about the problem, the pressure continues to grow, and this can be complicated by conditions incompatible with life. This is why high blood pressure is called the "silent killer."

Attention! Women who have joined the ranks of hypertensive patients with menopause should be careful. If, together with the pressure, the body temperature rises, this may indicate an impending hypertensive crisis.

Often, the pressure begins to rise in the premenopausal phase, 10-14 days before menstruation (after all, many with menopause develop severe PMS). To prevent a rapid jump in blood pressure, start taking a cocktail of hawthorn, motherwort and valerian officinalis. Just mix alcoholic tinctures in equal proportions and start taking two weeks after the end of the critical days.

Critical days during menopause

In the onset of the premenopausal phase, periods still come, but not as regularly as before. The discharge becomes too scarce or too abundant, the length of the critical days also changes. The more the body languishes from estrogen deficiency, the longer the intervals between periods and the harder they pass. Slightly elevated temperature, bloating and a pulling sensation in the lower back are frequent prerequisites for cyclical bleeding at the beginning of menopause.

Vegetovascular dystonia

Now vegetative-vascular dystonia is diagnosed in every second woman. Until a certain age, the disease does not complicate life. But after 40, when all chronic diseases become aggravated, VSD turns even the healthiest woman into a "wreck". At this age, the concentration of adrenaline goes off scale, the pituitary gland begins to malfunction, and the body is involved in the "temperature swing".

With menopause, the slightest physical activity is accompanied by a temperature of 37 - 37.5 ° C (an increase in the mercury column is noted in the afternoon). Moreover, the indicators return to normal if the woman lies down a little.

In addition to temperature, VSD during menopause is manifested:

1. Increased perspiration, even in cool weather.
2. Forever cold limbs.
3. A general feeling of coldness (a woman gets cold even when everyone is warm around).
4. A slight decrease or normalization of body temperature during a night's sleep.
5. Hysterical behavior.

Attention! If you suffer from VSD from a young age, reconsider your lifestyle with the onset of a critical age, consult a doctor. The sooner you start taking sedatives, the more likely you are to avoid psychoemotional surges and surges of adrenaline. An excellent solution for menopause will be: "Glycine", "Motherwort", "Persen".

What should be the basal temperature with menopause

Basal (intravaginal) temperature during menopause reflects the presence of gynecological disorders, fluctuations in hormonal levels.

If its indicators are constantly changing, this may indicate such violations:

• hormonal imbalance;
• violation of the ovarian function;
• the onset of menopause.

In the menopausal period, the basal temperature is 37 degrees. Higher rates may indicate the course of a pathological process in the body and require immediate medical attention.

To identify the problem at the initial stage, women of critical age should control their internal temperature. How to do it correctly:

1. Measure in a calm, horizontal position, on an empty stomach.

The best time: immediately after sleep or in the evening (if there are no pathological changes, the mercury column may rise in the morning and decrease during sleep (at night)).

1. After the last intercourse, at least 6 hours must pass.
2. You cannot take hormonal contraceptives before taking measurements.
3. It is better to measure directly in the vagina (rather than in the rectum, as some recommend).
4. Draw up a schedule and mark indicators in it for 3 weeks.
5. With the received schedule, you can go to the doctor.

The BT graph, better than anything else, will show if menopause is not accompanied by pathologies.

For example, the presence of too low or high temperature may indicate such violations:

• drying out of the ovaries (acute hormone deficiency);
• exacerbation of chronic gynecological diseases;
  uterine fibroids;
• endocrine disorders (diabetes mellitus, thyroid dysfunction, etc.);
• high blood pressure;
• genetic predisposition to the occurrence of neoplasms;
• side effects from drugs;
• the presence of an infection in the body;
• alcohol abuse, drug use.

Attention! High temperature is not always a sign of pathology. A lowered mark may indicate the development of liver failure, diabetes mellitus and other dangerous diseases.

If menopause is accompanied by the conditions described above, in which the temperature indicator increases, and then goes down, this is not a cause for alarm. But you still need to see a doctor. Competent treatment will ease the course of menopause, help reduce the severity of symptoms, and relieve temperature extremes.

Pathological causes

If the temperature is not just elevated, but reaches abnormal levels, the symptom cannot be attributed to menopause. A serious pathological process can develop in the reproductive or urinary system. With menopause, this is not uncommon. The fact is that the imbalance of female hormones reduces the protective properties of the body.

The immune system cannot resist infections and the genitourinary system is the first to suffer. Everything is complicated by the fact that with a deficiency of estrogen, the skin and mucous membranes dry out (the vagina and urethra become a fertile environment and "gateway" for bacteria and infectious agents). Lack of timely treatment will lead to serious complications.

Once in the bloodstream, pathogens spread throughout the organs and cause the following conditions:

• bacterial lesions;
• pulmonary tuberculosis, AIDS;
• viruses, fungi, parasitic infections;
• autoimmune disorders: polyarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, etc.

You can reduce the risk of these diseases with menopause if you follow the rules of intimate hygiene and refuse casual sexual intercourse.

But there is an equally dire problem. As soon as the menopausal period begins, the risk of developing neoplasms, both benign and malignant, increases. According to medical statistics, it is in elderly patients that fibroids, endometrial hyperplasia, ovarian and cervical cancer are most often diagnosed.

Oncological ailments need to be treated in a timely manner, until they pass into an inoperable stage and are not fatal.

In order not to miss dangerous changes, monitor your body temperature. If the subfebrile mark does not subside for weeks, immediately consult a doctor and have an examination.

Entering menopause, many women are interested in: can the body temperature rise with increased pressure or hot flashes? Maybe because the extinction of reproductive function rarely goes away without symptoms. Trying to survive a dangerous period without losses, literate women take hormonal drugs, go to the doctor for any changes in their well-being. If you want to live to a ripe old age and stay healthy, follow their example. And be healthy!