The degree of severity for secondary sleep hyperhidrosis varies from person to person. In mild cases, the patient just needs to change the pillow case and keep a glass of cool water on the nightstand.
With some research you will discover two types of hyperhidrosis, primary hyperhidrosis and secondary hyperhidrosis. Medical science has not discovered the cause of primary night sweats. It is so severe it impairs a person’s ability to engage in daily activities such as work, school, family and social affairs. Primary hyperhidrosis’s only treatment is the surgical removal of the specific sweat glands responsible for the condition.
Some patients need to get up and wash themselves, then change their sleepwear as well as their bedsheets. Discovery and treatment of the underlying disease or injury is the only way to cure secondary night sweats. If the night sweats get to the point where the sleep loss interferes with daily functions, a visit to the doctor’s office is required.
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Most night sweats in women only happen every once in a while, and the majority of these episodes are harmless. But waking up with soaking wet covers and pajamas can be a bit annoying, so finding relief from symptoms is important. Here are some ways to control excess sweating at night.
Avoid eating heavy meals before you go to sleep. The food will just sit in your stomach, and cause you to feel bloated and uncomfortable. Also, spicy foods and hot beverages increase perspiration while making night sweats more likely.
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In some cases the night sweats alcohol causes may be a minor occurrence. You have a couple glasses of beer or wine and go to sleep before you can work it out of your system. But I worry that in many cases where this occurs there is more to the story. Alcoholism is serious and often underestimated.
If you suspect that your night sweats are related to your alcohol intake, the first step is acknowledging this to yourself — and this is a big step. It is likely that your intake or dependence on alcohol has reached a dangerous stage if you are suffering this type of symptom. Make an appointment to see your physician and be honest about how much you are drinking and how often. He will be able to help you rule out any other contributing factors to establish if you are experiencing the kind of night sweats alcohol causes. If it does seem that this is the case, he can advise you on how to get the right kind of help for your problem.
Unfortunately even if you get help to overcome your alcohol problems, your night sweats may well continue. This is because alcohol withdrawal can also cause the sweating, if you were highly dependent. Your body needs to let itself adjust to the absence of the stimulant in its system.
Alcohol is a common cause of night sweats in men.
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Many women do not associate these early symptoms with one another and certainly don’t think about talking to their doctor about them until they persist or until other well-known warning signs begin to appear. This is usually when the thought of menopause and menopause night sweats comes to light.
The doctor may run tests to check her estrogen levels, and based upon the findings, he may prescribe the appropriate hormone replacement therapy for each woman. For women who are perimenopausal or in the early stages of menopause, usually a specific vitamin will provide relief and help them ease into this next phase of their life with fewer unpleasant low estrogen symptoms such as profuse night sweats and worse.
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Specifically unrelated to the environmental temperature in your bedroom, the night sweats resulting from stress is generally a result of extreme hot flashes brought on by any number of physical and psychological disorders. Night sweats provoked by medical disorders are often due to a high level of anxiety associated with the disorder.
Stress plays a large factor in many facets of our lives, including how well we sleep at night. When a person’s mind is overloaded with worry, the adrenal gland produces excessive amounts of hormones such as glucocorticoids in preparation for enduring the anticipated stress. This misfiring “fight or flight” reaction may result in night sweats. The kind of night sweats stress induces must often be addressed as much psychologically as medically.
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