Are you constantly waving yourself down trying to regain a sense of coolness over your entire body? The heat waves keep coming and going, rearing there ugly heads more ferocious each and every time it occurs. These sudden hot flashes have started to happen for months now, where you will randomly find yourself dying of heat and beads of perspiration falling from your skin in an attempt to cool your body down. But what’s worse is the strange smelling odors that you have started to notice emanating off of your body, clothing, and even bed sheets. It may take some time to determine the cause behind these dreaded symptoms of heat, sweat, and foul odors that you have been experiencing – but if you are a woman in your 40s to 50s it may be exactly what you think it is...menopause! Menopause occurs in women that are typically in their 40s to 50s and will start right before or after a woman’s menstrual cycle stops, thus marking the end of her reproductive period. There are several unusual symptoms that can be associated with the commencement of menopause that can include hot flashes, sweating, and strange smells produced from their body. In this article we are going to learn more about menopause and perimenopause, as well as discuss the best methods to eradicating strong body odors and sweat smells from clothes and bed sheets that have been contaminated by the strong aroma of menopause body odors.

What is Perimenopause and Menopause

According to WebMD, menopause is a normal condition that most women will experience in their life due to a natural stage of progression that ends the period of time that they are reproductive. When a woman is born, they are born with a finite number of eggs that are left stored in the ovaries, the same place in the female body that also makes the hormone estrogen and progesterone – the two hormones responsible for menstruation and ovulation. Thus, when the ovaries no longer release an egg every month this will result in the end of menstruation and this will start the menopause period in women. In addition to menopause, some women may begin an early phase to menopause called perimenopause. Perimenopause usually takes place several years before menopause when the ovaries are gradually making less estrogen. This pre-menopause period can last up until menopause takes its place and stops the release of eggs. During the last couple of years of perimenopause, a significant drop in estrogen will quickly occur in the woman’s body and this may begin the menopause symptoms.

When Does Perimenopause Start

As we discussed above, perimenopause will typically start several years before menopause when the woman’s body begins to make less estrogen over time. In most cases, women will start to experience perimenopause in their 40s, but it can start as early as in her 30s or even earlier. According to WebMD the average duration that a woman will suffer from perimenopause before starting their transition to menopause can be anywhere between 4 years on average – with some women only suffering from perimenopause for a few months and up to even 10 years in some extreme cases. Many women may be wondering how exactly you know when perimenopause stops and menopause begins, and this is a great question. A general rule of thumb is that when a woman has gone 12 months (1 year) without having her period, this will typically mark the conclusion of the perimenopause period and begin the menopause period in a woman’s body.

Unusual Menopause Symptoms

Along with the blazing hot flashes and profuse sweating that may commence on the onset of menopause in a woman’s body – there are other unusual menopause symptoms that may start up and give away to this new life phase for a woman. Generally, most women will experience physical and/or emotional symptoms when they reach the menopause period. As we discussed prior, hot flashes and unruly sweating are among the most common symptoms a woman will deal with during this time, however, there are several other uncomfortable signs to be on the lookout for as well. The most noticeable signs and symptoms of menopause in a woman that may be unusual can include the following;

• Body odors
• Breast tenderness
• Chills
• Dry mouth
• Dry skin
• Fatigue
• Hair loss or thinning
• Inability to concentrate
• Irregular periods
• Itching
• Mood swings
• Night sweats
• Sleep problems
• Weight gain

Menopause Body Odor Changes

If you are a woman who is currently going through “the change” or if you have already dealt with these hormonal changes in the past than you are well aware of the funky odors that will begin to emit from your body. Body odor changes is just one of the symptoms that are associated with menopause and perimenopause that most women will struggle to deal with during this life change. The strong, funky body odors will come from the hot flashes and profusive sweat that many women will deal with while suffering from menopause – and this can be an embarrassing thing to suffer from, especially when it spreads onto clothing that you are wearing during the day. The reasons behind these body odor changes during menopause can stem from the reduction in estrogen that a woman’s body goes through – which will often be the triggers for hot flashes and night sweats (meaning you just sweat more!). As your body increases sweat production, body odors are quick to follow and can result in a strong pungent sweat odor produced from a woman’s body during menopause. For many women this can create anxiety and when anxiety sweat begins to be produced from the apocrine glands it will release fatty sweat that bacteria are drawn to which will further exacerbate the body odors more.

Does Menopause Make You Sweat?

The domino effect of losing estrogen levels in the human body during the perimenopause and menopause periods that a woman deal with is the key proponent to sweat production in a woman’s body. When estrogen levels drop this will provoke the production and release of sweat from the body – and as we said earlier will create a bout of odors along with it on the skin, that will spread to clothing and bed sheets. According to Medical News Today, about 85 percent of women have reported to experiencing sweating and hot flashes during menopause, making this symptom a widespread one that almost every menopausal woman deals with during this period in their life.

Menopause and Sweating at Night

When dealing with issues of sweating and hot flashes during menopause, another issue for women may be the dreaded night sweats they experience during perimenopause and menopause. Night sweats occur when the body cannot cool itself down while you are sleeping and thus will produce the emission of sweat during your sleep. Night sweats are uncomfortable and can make for a hard night of sleep that will often wake the woman up several times throughout the night. As smelly night sweats occur while you sleep it can lead to the collection of sweat that will accumulate on the bed sheets and clothing that you sleep in – and this will lead to strong odors on these fabric materials. Often times these sweat odors will be strong and thus it will be hard to expel from the material that it is released onto. This can make doing laundry and deodorizing these items much more difficult and may require the use of an additional laundry additive to help with the odor buildups.

How to Get Rid of Menopause Smell in Clothes & Sheets

For those women who are struggling with excessive menopause sweat and body odors then you will also be stuck dealing with odorous materials like clothing and bed sheets that have acquired this smelly menopause sweat odor. When it comes to washing these garments and linens you may feel like you are putting in double time in the laundry room, trying everything you can to expel the smells with no prevail. These sweat odors, as we said before can be pungent and they will latch on to the material’s fibers aggressively making it hard to rid the smell out with just the use of everyday laundry detergent in the wash load. What can you do to in addition to your everyday laundry detergent to rid the sweat smell on clothing and bed sheets that are caused by menopause sweating, body odors, and hot flashes?

The OdorKlenz Laundry Additive for Sweat Odors

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