Oestrogen therapy is the gold standard treatment for hot flushes/night sweats, but it and oestrogen/progestin are not suitable for all women. MPA (medroxyprogesterone acetate) reduces hot flushes, but its effectiveness compared with oestrogen is unknown. In the present study, oral oestrogen [CEE (conjugated equine oestrogen)] and MPA were compared for their effects on hot flushes in a planned a...

We present and discuss a 30-month investigation of a patient that presented with abdominal pain, postprandial diarrhea, bloating, and night sweats and was treated for Crohn's disease without significant improvement. The patient underwent an ileocecetomy with removal of an atonic segment with resolution of functional gastrointestinal symptoms, but profound night sweats continued postoperatively....

OBJECTIVES Approximately 15-20% of women experience their hot flushes and night sweats as problematic. There is some evidence that cognitive appraisals may help explain individual variation, and that cognitive behaviour therapy can alleviate related distress. This paper describes the development of the Hot Flush Beliefs Scale (HFBS), a questionnaire to assess women's appraisals, and reports on ...

Learning Objectives: 1. Perimenopause, although characterized as a time of dropping estradiol, involves chaotic estrogen levels that average >20% higher and intermittently are extremely high and ovulatory disturbances with decreasing progesterone levels. 2. Perimenopause begins and is most symptomatic when cycles remain regular. 3. Perimenopause is highly symptomatic for more than 20% of women—...

•Primary Burkitt lymphoma of the uterus is a rare disease.•Differential of postmenopausal bleeding and night sweats should include lymphoma.•Outpatient endometrial sampling expedites diagnosis of endometrial malignancy.