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Suggest Treatment For Excessive Sweating And Hypertension
Question: Sir My wife aged about 46 years use to suffer from heavy sweating of head during summer. She is having hypertension and her tsh is marginally high. She takes Telmisartan 40 + Amlodipine 5 and Thyrox 25 mg regularly. Her BMI is 26 and blood reports viz. FBS,PPBS, Lipid profile ,Urea , Creatinine etc. more or less normal. Please send your necessary advise.
Brief Answer:
Sweating
Detailed Answer:
There can be many potential causes.
1 Menopause
If she still gets regular menstrual cycles then this is unlikely to be the reason for her sweating
2 Pheochromocytoma
This is a fairly rare condition that causes spells of headache, sweating and heart racing along with other symptoms. A simple blood test called plasma free metanephrines is a good way to screen for this. It does not require fasting
3 Acromegaly
This is another rare condition associated with excessive sweating. A non fasting blood test called IGF1 helps rule this out for the most part
4 An overactive thyroid
I see you have mentioned her TSH is marginally high but if the the thyroid hormones are also high then this is a 'hyperthyroid' condition.
5 Cushings syndrome
can sometimes cause sweating too
6 Autonomic nervous system problems
Are sometimes responsible for abnormal sweating
Sweating
Detailed Answer:
There can be many potential causes.
1 Menopause
If she still gets regular menstrual cycles then this is unlikely to be the reason for her sweating
2 Pheochromocytoma
This is a fairly rare condition that causes spells of headache, sweating and heart racing along with other symptoms. A simple blood test called plasma free metanephrines is a good way to screen for this. It does not require fasting
3 Acromegaly
This is another rare condition associated with excessive sweating. A non fasting blood test called IGF1 helps rule this out for the most part
4 An overactive thyroid
I see you have mentioned her TSH is marginally high but if the the thyroid hormones are also high then this is a 'hyperthyroid' condition.
5 Cushings syndrome
can sometimes cause sweating too
6 Autonomic nervous system problems
Are sometimes responsible for abnormal sweating
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
Thanx a lot Doctor. I forgot to mention about her irregular menstrual cycle. In fact it started since last 1 year. I shall do d detailed investigations during this winter when my children gets holidays.
Brief Answer:
Follow up
Detailed Answer:
Yes, some of the conditions described above are also associated with irregular menstrual cycles
Follow up
Detailed Answer:
Yes, some of the conditions described above are also associated with irregular menstrual cycles
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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