DEFINING DEMOCRACY Government of the People. Democracy may be a word familiar to most, but it is a concept still misunderstood and misused in a time when totalitarian regimes and military dictatorships alike have attempted to claim popular support by pinning democratic labels upon themselves.
In most women who undergo natural menopause, hot flashes subside within 2 to 5 years after the last menstrual period. In a small number of women, however, hot flashes can continue for 8 to 15 years after the last menstrual period. There is some evidence that women who go through menopause due to surgery may have more severe hot flashes for more years than women who go through natural menopause.
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.