Night sweats
| Night sweats | |
|---|---|
| Other names | Sleep sweats, nocturnal hyperhidrosis |
Infectious disease, oncology | |
Night sweats or nocturnal hyperhidrosis[1] is the repeated occurrence of excessive sweating during sleep.[2] The person may or may not also perspire excessively while awake.
One of the most common causes of night sweats in women over 40 is the hormonal changes related to
perimenopause.[3] This is a very common occurrence during the menopausal transition years. Over 80% of women experience hot flashes, which may include excessive sweating, during menopause.[4]
Night sweats range from being relatively harmless to a sign of underlying disease. Night sweats may happen because the sleep environment is too warm, either because the bedroom is unusually hot or because there are too many covers on the bed.[2] Night sweats have been associated with a long list of clinical conditions.[5] However, there is very little evidence that supports clinical recommendations for this condition.[5]
Associated conditions
The condition may be a
sign of various disease
states, including but not exclusive to the following:
- Cancers
- Infections
- HIV/AIDS[6][9]
- Tuberculosis[6][7]
- Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare infection[6]
- Infectious mononucleosis[6]
- Lung abscess[6]
- Infective endocarditis[6]
- Brucellosis[10]
- Pneumocystis pneumonia (most often – in immunocompromised individuals)
- Omicron variant of COVID-19[11][12]
- Endocrine disorders
- Premature ovarian failure[6]
- Hyperthyroidism[6]
- nocturnal hypoglycemia)[6]
- Orchiectomy[6]
- Rheumatic disorders
- Takayasu's arteritis[6]
- Temporal arteritis[6]
- Other
- Obstructive sleep apnea[6]
- Gastroesophageal reflux disease[6]
- Chronic fatigue syndrome[6]
- Fibromyalgia
- Granulomatous disease[6]
- Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia[6]
- Lymphoid hyperplasia[6]
- Diabetes insipidus[6]
- Prinzmetal's angina[6]
- Anxiety[6]
- Pregnancy[6]
- Menopause[13]
- Drugs
- acetaminophen)[6]
- Antihypertensives[6]
- Anabolic–androgenic steroids, in particular trenbolone, and the nandrolones[6]
- Dinitrophenol – a common side effect
- Phenothiazines[6]
- Drug withdrawal: ),
- Over-bundling[6]
- Autonomic over-activity[6]
- Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) – Crohn's disease/ulcerative colitis
References
- ^ "Hyperhidrosis - MeSH - NCBI". www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
- ^ a b "Night sweats - Mayo Clinic". www.mayoclinic.org. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
- ISBN 978-0-7021-7305-9.
- PMID 31001050.
- ^ S2CID 24179827.
- ^ PMID 12643362. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-4051-0427-2.
- ^ Curti, B; Jana, BRP; Javeed, M; Makhoul, I; Sachdeva, K; Hu, W; Perry, M; Talavera, F (26 February 2014). Harris, JE (ed.). "Renal Cell Carcinoma". Medscape Reference. WebMD. Archived from the original on 7 March 2014. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
- ISBN 978-0-07-147058-2.
- ^ "Night sweats : Causes". Mayo Clinic. 22 March 2011. Retrieved 10 May 2012.
- ^ Khan, Dr Amir (20 December 2021). "Omicron is more transmissible, but is it really milder?". Aljazeera. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
- ^ Quann, Jack (7 July 2022). "Luke O'Neill: Night sweats now a sign of BA.5 COVID variant". Newstalk. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
- S2CID 21865706.