The usual suspects are the culprit in this case: foods and beverages containing caffeine (including chocolate), alcohol, dense and fatty foods and spicy foods will all contribute to your suffering night sweats symptoms.
Additionally, I think people underestimate how close to bed they should avoid these foods and beverages. An hour isn’t enough time: I encourage you to avoid these foods at least 2 to 3 hours before bed and ideally you shouldn’t consume either caffeine or alcohol in the evening at all (at least while you’re trying to determine the cause of your sweating at night).
You will find some foods and beverages that help prevent your night sweats. But I’ll leave that for the next section below.
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Menopause night sweats are exactly what they sound like: excessive sweating in the night as a result of menopause hot flashes when you’re asleep and can’t do anything about those night sweats. While I know some women who celebrate the natural passing of their menstrual cycle, I also know we all must face the consequences of these changes in our bodies, and quite often, they’re just not any fun.
I urge you to stay calm and be at peace with the changes. As our ovaries begin the natural process of bidding adieu to our lives, our endocrine system and thus our hormonal balance will experience dramatic shifts. Menopause night sweats are natural and can even be seen as healthy because your body is cleansing itself of excessive toxins (every time you perspire you emit some toxins, hence the sometimes unpleasant odor).
However, when you decide to address causes of excessive sweating, I suggest seeing a medical professional for advice. While your night sweats are most likely nothing to be too concerned about, it is still a good idea to have your doctor evaluate you to be certain nothing more serious is occurring within your body. Sometimes simply changing your medication regiment can provide you significant relief.
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My Night Sweats guide will soon be expanding and growing. I’ve received lots of great feedback from readers and fellow bloggers on what they would love to see on my site. Specifically, I’ve heard appeals for more solutions and fewer descriptions. In that regard, I plan to describe exactly how I personally combat night sweats, then I will describe methods close friends have used.
I’ve also received some great ideas from people writing me on this site. I will present some of those techniques and ideas once I have the approval of those who submitted the ideas to me. I can’t wait to share some of these because I would never have considered some of these techniques on my own.
You’ll notice some of my more comprehensive guides to relieving your night sweats are temporarily unavailable. I am revising those posts to include both the new methods I described above and to feature more compelling layouts with some images and videos illustrating various aspects of identifying and treating sleep hyperhidrosis (for those of you new to the site that’s fancy-talk for night sweats).
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