According to the Mayo Clinic, night sweats are experienced by many people and usually do not have an underlying medical condition. Potential medical causes could include:
- Menopause
- Anxiety
- Medications such as certain high blood pressure drugs, over-the-counter fever reducers and antipsychotics/antidepressants
- Drug or alcohol abuse
- Gastrointestinal reflux disease (GERD)
- Diabetes
- Obstructed sleep apnea
(complete list is at link below)
Do any of these above conditions seem like anything you are experiencing? You did not provide your age, but could you be in perimenopause (if you are in your 40s).
Do you have any other symptoms? Weight loss? Fatigue? New medications?
Have you had your thyroid checked? Have you been diagnosed with depression or anxiety?
The American Association of Family Physicians provides an extensive list of possible diagnoses and tests that you can read here. After reading through all of this, if all of these tests are negative: "If all studies are negative, the patient can be reassured that the night sweats are most likely benign (may be the result of over-bundling). The patient should be taught to do self lymph node examinations and report any changes noted in the absence of active infection. The patient should report development of any new symptoms and continue annual health examinations. "
What treatments have you tried to reduce the night sweats, or be more comfortable with them?
Comment Reply
According to the Mayo Clinic, night sweats are experienced by many people and usually do not have an underlying medical condition. Potential medical causes could include:
- Menopause
- Anxiety
- Medications such as certain high blood pressure drugs, over-the-counter fever reducers and antipsychotics/antidepressants
- Drug or alcohol abuse
- Gastrointestinal reflux disease (GERD)
- Diabetes
- Obstructed sleep apnea
(complete list is at link below)
Do any of these above conditions seem like anything you are experiencing? You did not provide your age, but could you be in perimenopause (if you are in your 40s).
Do you have any other symptoms? Weight loss? Fatigue? New medications?
Have you had your thyroid checked? Have you been diagnosed with depression or anxiety?
The American Association of Family Physicians provides an extensive list of possible diagnoses and tests that you can read here. After reading through all of this, if all of these tests are negative: "If all studies are negative, the patient can be reassured that the night sweats are most likely benign (may be the result of over-bundling). The patient should be taught to do self lymph node examinations and report any changes noted in the absence of active infection. The patient should report development of any new symptoms and continue annual health examinations. "
What treatments have you tried to reduce the night sweats, or be more comfortable with them?
January 4, 2009 - 8:11pmThis Comment
Reply