| 摘要 |
This hot flash alleviation apparatus and method is aimed at the amelioration of hot flash symptoms. The apparatus used is a closed portable container covered with insulation and filled with a substance that can be frozen or lowered in temperature. The container has an end section that can be exposed by removing a portion of its insulating covering. This exposed end is then applied to various portions of the user's face, temple and wrists-i.e.-primarily to portions of the skin areas affected by the hot flash. The blood vessels in these areas are dilated and blood flow is increased. Thus, application of the apparatus to these areas not only results in local topical cooling and relief; it results in the cooling of blood circulating adjacent the flushed skin surface area. This leads to rapid systemic cooling and elimination of the overheated feeling that characterizes a hot flash. |
