Hot flash treatment system

Abstract

A composition comprising an alcohol and an aloe vera gel for topically treating hot flashes and methods for the storing, dispensing and application thereof.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. 119 of U.S. provisional application Ser. No. 60 / 641,231 filed Jan. 4, 2004, the contents of which are fully incorporated herein by reference.FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0002] The present invention is directed to topical treatments for reducing the symptoms of perimenopausal, menopausal and postmenopausal hot flashes. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0003] A hot flash is characterized by a sudden, intense, hot feeling on the face and upper body, perhaps preceded or accompanied by a rapid heartbeat and sweating, nausea, dizziness, anxiety, headache, weakness, or a feeling of suffocation. Some women experience an “aura,” an uneasy feeling just before the hot flash, that lets them know what's coming. [0004] The flash is followed by a flush, leaving one reddened and perspiring. The intensity of the flash determines whether the individual becomes soaked in perspiration or merely suffers a moist upper l...

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Benefits of technology

[0017] It is therefore an object of the present to provide a non-hormonal and or non-prescription remedy for the safe, simple and immediate treatment of hot flash symptoms

[0019] The topical solution is applied to certain parts of the body, which cools the body and relieves the symptoms associated with a hot flash. Reducing the body's temperature or deceiving the body into believing that it is cooler reduces the severity of the hot flash.

Problems solved by technology

When hot flashes occur during the night, they can cause sleeplessness (insomnia), resulting in poor concentration, memory problems, irritability and exhaustion during the day.

Researchers do not know exactly what causes hot flashes.

This heat-releasing mechanism is how the body keeps from overheating in the summer, but when a drop in estrogen triggers the process instead, the brain's confused response can make a person very uncomfortable.

The body cools down when it shouldn't, and the person is miserable: soaking wet in the middle of a board meeting or in the middle of a good night's sleep.

Although hot flashes usually are considered a female problem, men can have hot flashes if their levels of the male sex hormone testosterone drop suddenly and dramatically.

Certain drawbacks exist with current treatments for hot flashes.

Also, because other medications or dietary supplements are often ineffective or can cause undesired effects, many women choose to forgo these treatments as well.

Therefore, when a hot flash occurs, these treatments do little if anything to reduce the intense hot feeling on the face and upper body, rapid heartbeat, sweating, nausea, dizziness, anxiety, headache, weakness or a feeling of suffocation.

Presently there are no known hot flash treatments that include a topical solution for the safe, simple and immediate treatment of hot flash symptoms.