Night sweats explained

Synonyms:Sleep sweats, nocturnal hyperhidrosis
Field: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 menopause and 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. 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.

Associated conditions

The condition may be a sign of various disease states, including but not exclusive to the following:

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hyperhidrosis - MeSH - NCBI. 2020-10-29. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.
  2. Web site: Night sweats - Mayo Clinic. 2020-10-29. www.mayoclinic.org.
  3. Book: T. F. Kruger. M. H. Botha. Clinical Gynaecology. 2008. Juta and Company Ltd. 978-0-7021-7305-9. 333.
  4. Bansal. Ramandeep. Aggarwal. Neelam. January–March 2019. Menopausal Hot Flashes: A Concise Review. Journal of Mid-Life Health. 10. 1. 6–13. 10.4103/jmh.JMH_7_19. 0976-7800. 6459071. 31001050 . free .
  5. Mold. James W.. Holtzclaw. Barbara J.. McCarthy. Laine. November–December 2012. Night sweats: a systematic review of the literature. Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine . 25. 6. 878–893. 10.3122/jabfm.2012.06.120033. 1558-7118. 23136329. 24179827. free.
  6. Viera. Anthony J.. Bond, Michael M. . Yates, Scott W. . Diagnosing Night Sweats. American Family Physician. 1 March 2003. 67. 5. 1019–1024. 12643362. 13 June 2012.
  7. Book: Jonathan E. Teitelbaum. Kathleen O. DeAntonis. Scott Kahan. In a page: Pediatric signs & symptoms. 2004. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. 978-1-4051-0427-2. 6.
  8. Web site: Renal Cell Carcinoma . Medscape Reference . WebMD . 26 February 2014 . 7 March 2014 . Curti . B . Jana . BRP . Javeed . M . Makhoul . I . Sachdeva . K . Hu . W . Perry . M . Talavera . F . Harris, JE . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20140307024450/http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/281340-overview#showall . 7 March 2014.
  9. Book: Tao Le. Vikas Bhushan. First Aid for the USMLE Step 2 CS. 2006. McGraw-Hill Professional. 978-0-07-147058-2. 74.
  10. Web site: Night sweats : Causes . Mayo Clinic . 22 March 2011 . 10 May 2012.
  11. Web site: Khan. Dr Amir. 2021-12-20. Omicron is more transmissible, but is it really milder?. 2022-01-07. Aljazeera. en.
  12. Web site: Luke O'Neill: Night sweats now a sign of BA.5 COVID variant . . Jack . Quann . 7 July 2022 . 10 July 2022.
  13. Deecher . D. C. . K. Dorries . 2007 . Understanding the pathophysiology of vasomotor symptoms (hot flushes and night sweats) that occur in perimenopause, menopause, and postmenopause life stages . Archives of Women's Mental Health . 10 . 6 . 247–257 . 10.1007/s00737-007-0209-5 . 18074100 . 21865706.

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