Hello,
Thanks for your query at DoctorSpring.com
I understand what you are going through.
First of all you should not fear and make yourself anxious just by reading information on the internet unless diagnosis of a particular disease is made.
Stress and anxiety may itself cause hot flushes.
If you have a history of taking medications for e.g pain killers, tamoxifen, nitrates, calcium channel blockers, danazol, chlorpropamide etc. What drugs are you taking for PCOD?
Hyperthyroidism may be another cause. TSH level measurement is warranted.
Carcinoid tumors may have cutaneous symptoms like you have. Check levels of serotonin, 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid [5-HIAA], catecholamines, histamine with the help of your doctor.
Do workup for your estrogen, LH, FSH levels
Feel free to discuss further
Regards
Patient replied :
I don't take anything for my polycystic ovarian syndrome. The only thing I take its flexeril 10 mg for migraine. Neurologist prescribe this to me because she said I had migraine symptoms. I send you lab work I got done for hormone panel and chromogranin A test. Those lab test should have not ruled out any of the tumors you mentioned above.
Hello,
I have got your labs. Thanks
Those are withing normal range.
They though do not rule out carcinoid or pheochromocytoma probability of you having these tumors is very less.
Your TSH is also normal. That rules out hyperthyroidism.
But, you are taking Flexeril which in a very few cases may cause hot flushes.
Try replacing this medicine with another anti-migraine drug. That might help alleviate your symptoms. Talk to your neurologist about it.
Hope it was helpful
Thanks
Patient replied :
Hello,
I have got your labs. Thanks
Those are withing normal range.
Though they do not rule out carcinoid or pheochromocytoma, probability of you having these tumors is very less.
Your TSH is also normal. That rules out hyperthyroidism.
But, you are taking Flexeril which in a very few cases may cause hot flushes.
Try replacing this medicine with another anti-migraine drug. That might help alleviate your symptoms. Talk to your neurologist about it.
Hope it was helpful
Regards
Hello,
I have got your labs. Thanks
Those are within normal range.
Though they do not rule out carcinoid or pheochromocytoma, probability of you having these tumors is very less.
Your TSH is also normal. That rules out hyperthyroidism.
But, you are taking Flexeril which in a very few cases may cause hot flushes.
Try replacing this medicine with another anti-migraine drug. That might help alleviate your symptoms. Talk to your neurologist about it.
Hope it was helpful
Regards
Patient replied :
I don't take anything for my polycystic ovarian syndrome. The only thing I take its flexeril 10 mg for migraine. Neurologist prescribe this to me because she said I had migraine symptoms. I send you lab work I got done for hormone panel and chromogranin A test. Those lab test should have not ruled out any of the tumors you mentioned above.
Hello,
I have got your labs. Thanks
Those are within normal range.
Though they do not rule out carcinoid or pheochromocytoma, probability of you having these tumors is very less.
Your TSH is also normal. That rules out hyperthyroidism.
But, you are taking Flexeril which in a very few cases may cause hot flushes.
Try replacing this medicine with another anti-migraine drug. That might help alleviate your symptoms. Talk to your neurologist about it.
Hope it was helpful
Regards