Night Sweating - Is It Sleep Hyperhidrosis?
Most people don’t know that “night sweats” is actually medically known as “sleep hyperhidrosis” because it’s excessive sweating (hyperhidrosis) while sleeping. Interesting, people who suffer night sweats may not have daytime excessive sweating.
What Is Night Sweating?
Excessive night-time sweating, which usually arises during adolescence, gives rise to a whole different set of problems than daytime sweating. For example, the actual night sweats can make the sufferer so uncomfortable that they wake up during the night and therefore have disturbed sleep patterns.
It’s important to distinguish between regular night sweating, as a result of the bedroom getting too hot, or having too many bedclothes on the bed which causes almost everyone to sweat, and real sleep hyperhidrosis. The difference is that people with excessive night sweating will have severe “hot flashes” while asleep and wake up to drenched bedclothes and night-wear.
What Causes Night Sweats
Night sweats can be caused by simple genetics… ie you may be more prone to sweating at night in response to certain conditions, which can be harmless although very frustating. Some of the medical conditions that can cause night sweating are the menopause, which is a very common cause of night sweats in women of menopausal age, infections such as tuberculosis, endocarditis, osteomyelitis and abscesses. Night sweating can also be an early sign of some cancer types, can be caused by usage of some medications (especially anti-depressant medications) and can be due to hormonal imbalances.
We advise that, before getting surgery or taking any medication, anyone thinking about getting treatment for uncontrollable sweating should consider natural treatments and remedies first. We recommend the ebook, “Stop Sweating and Start Living” by Mike Ramsay as a introduction to hyperhidrosis and what you can do to control your sweating naturally and cheaply.