3.You may have a genetic mutation.
In another recent Menopause study, experts linked increased rates of "vasomotor symptoms"—night sweats, but also hot flashes—to a specific genetic variation in women. This gene variation is linked to a part of a woman's brain that controls certain hormones, and may have some ties to infertility and delayed or absent puberty, says Carolyn Crandall, MD, first author of the study and a professor of medicine at UCLA. (Here are 6 weird things you can thank your hormones for.) She says it's too early to connect the gene variation with any specific health issues or risks, but more research is coming.
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