1. a state of misfortune or affliction. 2. something hard to endure. 3. something that causes or entails suffering. Familiarity information: HARDSHIP used as a noun is uncommon.
A single hot flash can last anywhere from one to five minutes and may occur a few times a week for some women or daily for others. When hot flashes are severe, they may strike four or five times an hour or 20 to 30 times a day, Omicioli says.
Some women only have occasional hot flushes which donât really bother them at all, while others report 20 hot flushes a day, that are uncomfortable, disruptive and embarrassing. Hot flushes usually continue for several years after your last period. But they can carry on for many, many years â even into your 70s or 80s.