Night sweats affect millions of women particularly those going through perimenopause and menopause. A cooling blanket addresses one of the key contributing factors. Here is the honest picture of what it can and cannot do.
What Causes Night Sweats
Night sweats are triggered by a combination of hormonal changes particularly declining estrogen affecting the hypothalamus and environmental factors. The hypothalamus becomes hypersensitive to small temperature changes and responds with a heat response. Bedding that traps heat raises the ambient skin temperature and lowers the threshold at which this response is triggered. This is the environmental contribution that a cooling blanket can address.
What a Cooling Blanket Does
A quality cooling blanket removes the heat trap. Rather than lying under insulating fabric the blanket draws heat away continuously. This keeps your skin temperature lower throughout the night and raises the threshold before the hypothalamic heat response is triggered. For many women this is the factor that tips a manageable situation into waking up drenched at 3am.
What a Cooling Blanket Cannot Do
A cooling blanket cannot stop night sweats caused purely by hormonal fluctuations. It removes the environmental contribution, not the underlying hormonal cause. A cooling blanket is a sleep comfort tool, not a medical intervention.
Our Recommendation
The Stillwell Cloud is built specifically for this combination of cooling and moisture-wicking. 100% nylon, Q-Max 0.40, cool both sides all night. See The Cloud here.
A cooling pillowcase alongside the blanket addresses the face and neck, among the most sensitive areas during a night sweat episode. See the Cool Night Pillowcase here.