Is it hot in here?

Feeling like your internal thermostat is on the fritz can be alarming. Sweats and hot flushes are some of the most common perimenopausal symptoms, affecting most women at some stage. Collectively they’re known as vasomotor symptoms and like most things that happen in perimenopause (the time before menopause) and menopause proper, experiences can vary a lot.

Emily was 47 when she had her first hot flush. “I didn’t know what was happening to me. It was