What Causes Excessive Sweating During Nights?

Posted on Thu, 28 Jan 2016

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Thu, 28 Jan 2016 Answered on

Sat, 19 Mar 2016 Last reviewed on

Question : I have been having trouble with sweating at night during bed time. I have been problems with sweating between the legs and feet.

Answered by Dr. Muhammad Hanif (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
It can be due to thyroid disease. Needs evaluation !!!

Detailed Answer:
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It seems that you have this issue for long. Excessive sweating can be due to thyroid disease e.g Hyperthyroidism.

Please spare some time to answer these queries so that I may be able to assist you better:-
Do you have any histiry of recent weight loss???
Hair loss??
Difficulty sleeping??
Feelings as your heart is racing, rapid pulse and palpitations??
Heat intolerance??

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DR. HANIF
USA

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Naveen Kumar

Follow up: Dr. Muhammad Hanif (17 hours later)

Yes, I have had some hair lost and weight lost. Yes, I have had trouble sleeping and getting warm all of a sudden. Sometimes my feet get hot for no apparent reason. Yes, I get feeling of rapid heart beat. Dr. Hanif

Answered by Dr. Muhammad Hanif (15 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Please consult in-person an Endocrinologist for screening !!!

Detailed Answer:
I warmly welcome you and happy to assist for resolution of your issues. I appreciate for sending me detailed follow up and giving clues for making it better and fruitful conversation.

Symptoms you have, all suggest about having a thyroid disease e.g hyperthyroidism in which thyroid gland is more active than needed.

Other possibilities may be diabetes mellitus that also causes some of the symptoms you have.

For both of them you need to consult an Endocrinologist as he is the personnel trained to treat such cases with success.

He will go for a thorough physical examination and will run a battery of tests on you including but not limited to blood work for screening thyroid disease and diabetes mellitus. Treatment goes accordingly.

Hope I addressed all the concerns you have. Let me know if you have further questions. I will be more than happy to clear any doubts. For any disease you have, a timely follow-up is necessary regarding the treatment efficacy and to see if there is a need to change treatment options. So keep a follow up to see how you doing (Always write down my name in start of your questions at this forum & I will be with you in no time).

Regards!
DR. HANIF
USA

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Arnab Banerjee