having night sweats during and after pregnancy?
i am 29 yrs old a mother of a 3 week old, but every since i was 8 months prego i have really bad night sweats i thought it would go away after i gave birth but no so i wake up in the middle of the night soak and wet i sleep in light clothes with the open and still its like so one dumped water on me i hate it i have to shower all over again wash my pj’s everyday could it be hormonal or what should i tell my obgyn at mt check up?
sounds like it could be hormonal to me. i had the same sortta thing with my daughter it really sucks but it passed
I have a question about menopause night sweats?
I have been having hot sweats day and night for two months now. I am menopausal and 53 yrs. old and have had no periods for 9 months. I also have a virus and thyroid problems. I can’t sleep at all at night and drench the bed about three times. Could this be menopause or thyroid or something else? Can you reccommend anything natural for sleep and sweats?Thanks a lot
I went through that for several years after having a hysterectomy at the age of 46. The only thing I could find that would help was to have a fan on a stand somewhere near the bed and run it at night. I did take Premarin for several years and it helped, but they don’t like to prescribe it if you have a family history of breast cancer. I also had a fan clipped to my overhead file cabinet at work, and I always have one on my end table in the living room, still. It’s a pain.
best wishes..
Can night sweats be a sign of early pregnancy?
hi
last night ( 8 dpo ) and at 6 dpo i had extremely bad night sweats. so bad that i was standing in front of the fan in high and still sweating. what is up with that?
i also had a bout of diarrhea last night after dinner but i have been semi constipated the whole time since.
here is my chart:
http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/277b11
thanks
hi hun our temp rises by about 1 degree after ovulation has occured so wouldnt think you'd be suffering from bad night sweats are you sure you aint suffering from some kind of fever hun if you experiance this again i would make an appointment to see your doc but in the meantime im not saying you aint been caught pregnant so im sending good luck and babydust your way xx
how to get rid of night sweats?
for the past week ive had really bad night sweats. ill feel fine, but whenever i wake up im freezing cold and drenched in sweat. ive tried sleeping with a t-shirt and shorts on(its pretty cold where i am), but i doesnt work.
any ideas?
Besides the above answers, anti-depression meds do the have the same symptoms. When i was on them i had them really bad. When i went off hadnt had one since.
what can I do about Night Sweats?
I sometimes wake up drenched like I have been in a sauna.
My sheets and my p.j.'s soaked.
It stopped for a while but now the night sweats are back again.
Anyone have a natural remedy that works?
Thank you in advance for your help.
It is menopause.
Unless you know that you are per menopausal, go to the doctor. This can be a sign of other things going on. But if it is from menopause, then try the over the counter menopause supplements.
How To Find Simple Relief For Hot Flashes And Night Sweats
Hot flashes and night sweats usually go hand in hand during menopause. To differentiate, hot flashes are considered the intense heat and flushing you experience during the daytime hours. Night sweats usually happen when you are sleeping or during the nighttime hours. Essentially they are the same; they are just sometimes triggered for different reasons.
Night sweats are relatively easy to control. Certain changes in your lifestyle can rectify a night sweat before it actually happens. The first thing you need to do is to avoid any foods, caffeine, or alcohol for about 3 hours before you plan on going to bed. Also, you should avoid exercise, hot liquids, hot showers, or smoking for 3 hours before bedtime. This will help to relieve any triggers that may be associated with hot flashes and night sweats and aid in a good nights sleep.
Lowering the thermostat in your house and your bedroom especially will aid in any discomfort you feel from the heat. You should plan on dropping the temperature by 2 to 3 degrees without adding any additional blankets or covers which would defeat the purpose. It may be a bit chilly but you will fall asleep and stay asleep easier. Wearing light clothing such as a t-shirt or light cotton nightgown will also help to control hot flashes and night sweats at bedtime. This, along with cotton sheets should keep you cool and comfortable.
If you have had a particularly stressful day at work or with the family in the evening, take an hour or so to unwind alone before you go to sleep. The most common cause of hot flashes and night sweats is anxiety, so you want to plan on avoiding any unnecessary stress right before bed.
During this time it is especially beneficial to try some easy breathing techniques or meditation routines. Fifteen minutes of deep breathing and exhaling will do wonders for your stressed state. Yoga is also an excellent way to relax before bed. You will find yourself sleeping better and spending less time worrying about your next hot flashes and night sweats.
Linda Bruton
http://www.articlesbase.com/women’s-issues-articles/how-to-find-simple-relief-for-hot-flashes-and-night-sweats-85689.html
Night Sweats and Medications
Night sweats from medications is more common than one would think. This article will list medications that cause sweating. In order for us to understand where the sweating is coming from, we should understand that medications cause night sweats as well as diseases and other natural changes. There are several different reasons for the sweating as related to drugs but we will not deeply analyze that issue.
Many medications can not be removed from our daily requirements and often times we can’t add any other drugs to get relief. Take for example women that are dealing with breast cancer and have to deal with menopause at the same time. There are very few options for women when it comes to taking night sweat prevention medicines. The options that are available can increase the chances of cancer reoccurring. There is hardly anything that they can do internally to find relief from night sweats; they must look for other options.
With some medications confusion in the natural cooling system of our body will occur. Our temperature regulation system is unable to stabilize our body and keep it a constant temperature. At times we are just fine and then other times we are getting hot for unknown reasons thus developing night sweats. The fluctuation makes the sleeping environment unstable and difficult to maintain healthy sleep.
Located below you will see several medications listed that will cause night sweats. Each drug can cause night sweats or extreme sweating. Some of these medications list fever as a symptom, some come right out and say night sweats. All of these are doing the same thing; they are making people sweat at night.
There are ways to relieve yourself of night sweats, if you can keep your body cool during the night you will be able to stop sweating and start sleeping comfortably. The objective is to keep your body cooler when it needs the cooling boost. In order to do this you must either cool your room, sleep with less covering and a fan, or use a fan designed specifically for cooling your body while sleeping.
A special fan that can generate a light breeze between your sheets will be more effective than lowering your thermostat by six to eight degrees. A system like this will generate a light breeze that will travel between your sheets along your body and push the hot air out of your bed. It will also eliminate the heat that has been building-up within your bed and keep you body cool.
This type of cooling system will also benefit you in the following ways.
1) Lower air conditioning bills.
2) Rapid reaction time, with the fan speed controller right under your pillow
3) Can be directed at a single user
4) Cools your body and your bed
The extra body heat that you generate during the night, will be quickly moved out from between your sheets. This simple breeze will keep your body from ever reaching the point at which you start to sweat. This is the most effective method of dealing with night sweats when you look at it from a thermal dynamics point of view.
Sweating at night can be controlled once you understand the mechanics of sweating. It is also imperative that you know the origin of the problem. If you are sweating due to a medical condition, a medication, a natural change, or if you are just a hot sleeper, you should know why you are sweating. Once you understand why you are sweating then you will be able to make the necessary changes needed to start sleeping and stop sweating.
The following is a short list of medications that are known to cause night sweats.
Accupril
Accutane
Altace
Ambien
Amnesteem
Anzemet
Arava
Aricept
Aromasin
Avinza
Bextra
Black Cohosh
Biaxin-xl
Cozaar
Cymbalta
Dilaudid
Diovan
Eligard
Evoxac
Fortovase
Oxycontin
Kurt Tompkins
http://www.articlesbase.com/health-articles/night-sweats-and-medications-133624.html
Why Night Sweats Occur and How to Stop Them
In order to stop night sweats naturally you should learn about the mechanics of sweating. There is no reason why you should suffer from night sweats ever again. Once you understand how sweating evolves, you will have the knowledge to make night sweats stop.
Your Body Uses The Following Methods To Keep Itself Cool:
* Radiation (radiant energy)
* Conduction (conductive heat transfer)
* Convection (conveyance of heat)
* Sweating (we are trying to avoid this)
Our body cools itself by four main methods. The first method is radiation. Radiation is like the heat that you feel while standing in front of an oven that is on.
The second method is conduction. Conduction is the heat that you feel if you touch the oven while it is on. The third method is called convection. Convection is heat that is picked-up by the air that passes by the oven while it is on.
Simply put, convection is heat that is conveyed to the air surrounding the hot object. The forth and final method of cooling is evaporation, better known as sweating.
Typically body cooling takes place in that very order. If the body will not cool itself via radiation, conduction, or convection, you will start to sweat.
The Temperature Pendulum
The objective here is to teach you how keep your body cool and keep from sweating at night. To fully understand how to manage night sweats you must understand each method of cooling your body in order to fully evaluate your options.
One thing you should make note of is that your body will normally maintain a relatively constant temperature throughout the night. The problem occurs when your body is not keeping a constant temperature during the day or night.
People that suffer from night sweats understand the concept of varying body temperature. Therefore you will look at the cooling cycle with that in mind.
A Balancing Act
The temperature balancing act starts when you get in bed at night. You feel the cool of the sheets and the comfort of the bed. This is a good example of conductive heat transfer. Whenever there is a difference in temperature between the object you are touching and your body, you will feel either a warming sensation or a cooling sensation.
Remember that heat travels from hot objects to cooler objects. So if you touch ice you feel cold because the heat is leaving your body and going into the ice.
If you touch something that is warmer than your body you feel warmer because heat is moving from the hot object into your body. That is conductive heat transfer.
Now what happens when you are next to an object long enough to equalize the temperatures? Let’s go back to the bed scenario. When you get in bed it feels cool. Right away your bed starts to absorb the heat your body is generating.
The problem arises when the material that is absorbing your body heat is no longer able to absorb more heat. At that point your body starts to look for other methods of cooling.
In Your Bed
Heat transference by radiation will be absorbed by your bed. Radiant energy will be absorbed by the bed material until you reach a point at which the bed can no longer absorb more radiant heat.
Conductive heat transference, which is the heat that is transferred when you touch something, will be absorbed into your bed as well. This heat will also accumulate until your bed can no longer absorb any more.
Convection, which is the transference of heat by conveying that heat, in this case to air, is only effective when you can generate air movement within that space. Heat will transfer from your body to the air around you and then move off, either by a buoyancy difference or by induced movement.
What this means is that when air gets warmer it tends to rise and be replaced by cooler air. If the air is induced to move, like standing in a breezeway or next to a fan, hot air will move off giving fresh cooler air an opportunity to absorb more heat.
Being that you are in a bed, covered with sheets, and the air surrounding you is trapped, the fresh air required for convection to work properly, is not there.
But if that was case wouldn’t everyone sweat in bed? The short answer is no.
Equilibrium
There is a point where you reach equilibrium between heat absorption of your bed and heat generation of your body. This is the point where your bed is able to absorb enough heat to keep you comfortable. This is your comfort zone.
Let’s say your body generates 200 units of heat every minute. Now equilibrium is where the bed is able to absorb 200 units of heat each minute. At that point you can sleep comfortably; you are in an equalized state.
Now let’s say your bed is absorbing 250 units of heat every minute, but you are only generating 200 units of heat each minute. In this situation you will have a cold bed. This is not equilibrium.
If your bed can only absorb 150 units of heat each minute and you are generating 200 units of heat, then you have a hot bed. This again is not equilibrium.
Those Hot Bodies
If you are suffering from night sweats, your body is generating heat at different levels during the night. Although you are able to get into bed and it feels nice and cool, that feeling fast evades you. For those of us that have night sweats, we are dealing with a body that generates heat at varying temperatures all night long.
As with the previous mentioned equalized bed scenario, when you first get into bed your body is generating 200 units of heat each minute. Your bed is absorbing 200 units of heat each minute. You are in equilibrium, all is well. But then your body temperature rises.
Now your body is generating more than 200 units of heat each minute and your bed can’t keep up. If you are generating 250 units of heat each minute and the bed can only absorb 200 units of heat, where will those extra 50 units of heat go? They will go nowhere. They start to accumulate and buildup between the sheets.
This buildup of extra heat starts a downhill roll right to sweating. Once the extra heat starts to accumulate, and your body starts to get warmer, the only method left for cooling your body is sweating.
Turning Off The Oven
So the question is how do you solve the problem of excessive heat that leads to sweating. In order to do this you must look at the three main methods of cooling and see what you can work with to keep your body cool.
Radiation is the first method used by your body to eliminate heat. Yet that heat is much like heat transferred by conduction. It is absorbed into the bed and will contribute to night sweats. This heat must be drawn out of your bed.
Conduction is the second method of cooling your body. The only way to utilize this is to make the bed much cooler. Conduction is the method that doctors are prescribing when they tell you to keep your room cooler.
Keeping your room cooler will help your bed absorb more radiant heat and conductive heat but relying on conduction can be cumbersome. The cost associated with hyper cooling a room and the effect extra coolness has on other members of the house are just two reasons to look else ware.
Remember the bed that absorbs 250 units of heat is a cold bed when you are only generating 200 units of heat.
The third method of keeping you body cool is to utilize convection. But convection requires air movement to be effective. So how do you move air when you are between the sheets?
There are several things you can do move the air between your sheets. One is to kick off the covers and let some cool air in. The other is to raise the sheets and allow some air to flow in. When you lower the sheets the hot air flows out, The other option is to use a fan made specifically for this situation.
Keeping Your Cool
With all the methods stated above you will find that moving air between your sheets and around your body is actually a simple, cost effective way to keep your body and your bed, cool.
A special fan that can generate a light breeze between your sheets will be more effective then lowering your thermostat by six to eight degrees. This type of cooling system will also benefit you in the following ways.
* Much lower cost of cooling then air conditioning.
* Variable speed under your pillow
* Can be directed at a single user
* Evacuates stagnant, humid air trapped between your sheets
* Keeps you and your bed at a constant temperature
A system like this will generate a light breeze that will travel between your sheets along your body and push the hot air out of your bed. It will also eliminate the heat that has been building-up within your bed.
Any conductive heat or radiant heat that has built-up in your bed will be eliminated with the breeze. Neither your body nor your bed will accumulate that extra that typically awakens you at night. .
The extra body heat that you generate during the night, will be quickly moved out from between your sheets. This simple breeze will keep your body from ever reaching the point at which it starts to sweat. This is the most effective method of dealing with night sweats when you look at it from a thermal dynamics point of view.
There are other methods of dealing with the effects of night sweats, like wicking pajamas and absorbent sheets, but those are not dealing with the problem at hand. They are only dealing with the aftermath of the problem. They are collecting sweat. What you want to do is keep from sweating all together.
Kurt Tompkins
http://www.articlesbase.com/health-articles/why-night-sweats-occur-and-how-to-stop-them-120604.html
What would cause a person to suddenly start having night sweats?
I have been tested for hiv and have been with the same partner both of us monogamous for 11 years. However 2 years ago he received whole blood while in the hospital. I am not sick. But lately when I wake up, i am drenched in sweat.
I am 45 yrs old and I only get the sweats after i go to sleep and wake up in the morning or a restroom call and find that i have been sweating in my sleep. This only happens in my sleep. It does not cause me to wake up …Thanks for your answers
You don't tell us your age; if you are in your late 40s or early 50s it could be pre-menopause which can cause hot flashes (excessive sweating).
What could be causing my sons night sweats?
He has been sick and is taking an antibiotic. No fever in 2 days but sweating horribly when he falls asleep. What coul d be causing this? He does not normally sweat while sleeping.
night sweats are usually common and there are a lot of causes mostly normal but important to diagnose in order to manage effectively, serious causes of night sweats can be excluded by a thorough history, examination and simple investigations if required. However I have read that it also can be caused if a person has aids or hiv or cancer also tuberculosis which I dont think you have any need to worry about, check the room Temperature & make sure he hasn't got to much clothes on in bed. That will help cool him down.and double check that the Antibiotics he's taking isnt giving your child any side effects bcos that could be a huge part of why he is sweating. Most Antibiotics do have severe side effects so do Check with ur GP, by phone just to be sure and safe, Hope everything is alright.
Can having a cold cause night sweats?
It has only happened this past week 2 times since I have had a head cold / sinus cold thing. A headache comes with this cold & that is why I said maybe sinus.
Could a cold cause a night sweat? I will go to the Dr, but its the weekend.
A night sweat means that you are on your way to recovery from the cold.
Your body sweats out all the toxins and substances that are causing the cold, so after a few nights of it or sometimes just one night of the heavy sweating, you will wake up in the morning feeling totally better.
Ever since i was told this, when i wake up at night with night sweats I get really happy because I know my body is working away at getting my body back to normal. 
25 years old, period 4 days late, experiencing awful night sweats & pms symptoms breast tenderness, tired etc?
I took an at home pregnancy test (just one) and it came back negative. The positive line was faintly visible but after researching online they said that that could be an evaporation line but I have also read that that could mean you have low pregnancy hormones and that it could not be a clear answer yet. Any thoughts about this, I am almost thinking that it could be early menopause as crazy as that is but the night sweats are horrible.
Was the positive line faintly visible before 10 minutes? If so, it is DEFINITELY positive. A line is a line no matter how faint. As long as it is within 10 minutes.
My advice would be to go get another test, a digital one, so there are no questions, and wait and take it with your first morning urine in the morning. It has the highest cocentrations of hcg if you are pregnant.
False negatives are common, I’ve had one myelf. Your hormone levels double every 48 hours or so, so definitely take another one in the morning and if it is negative wait 2 days and take another one just to be sure.
Why would I be having such terrible night sweats @ 26yrs old? What can I do about them?
I am a 26yr old female, have a 9 yr old son and I suffer through night sweats more than 3x a week. I'm not talkin about being a bit clammy when I awake; I mean the night before last, I woke up and thought I peed on myself. My sheets, blanket, pillows, t-shirt and OMG lets not go to the hair, were DRENCHED, almost as if I came out of the shower without a towel to dry off with. NASTY! Please help me.
Two possibilities spring to mind…early menopause or TB which can cause severe night sweats. I suggest you see you doctor.
I have continuous night sweats and have been feeling depressed and I can't lose weight?
For the past few months I wake up every single night between 4 and 5am just burning up and I have to wait until it goes away to go back to sleep. I've been feeling depressed lately and I've gained some weight though I exercise regularily and eat healthy. I'm 19 and I don't know what to do.
I've known a couple of women who went into menopause at a very early age. Your symptoms do point to that. You will need to get a blood work up to know if all your hormone levels are where they should be. Good luck! 
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I have been taking zoloft for three years. What can I do to decrease the night sweats?
It is a terrible side effect. Does it help to take the medication in the morning verses night? If I decide I want to get off of it… I do know that that will be a side effect. How long will it last?
So if I stay on…. is there anything I can do to decrease night sweats… If I go off, how long will I suffer from the withdrawal symptoms of night sweats?
The years of night sweats I suffered
while on Zoloft, were unrelated to THAT drug.
Ask your Dr. to check your health in other areas.
My problem was from hormones.
Could these medications be causing night sweats?
I am currently taking remeron and citalopram. I am also on birth control. I had baby 3 1/2 months ago, and have been having night sweats. Anybody else have this with any of these meds?
Celexa Oral Side Effects
See also Warning section.
Nausea, dry mouth, trouble sleeping, loss of appetite, weakness, tiredness, drowsiness, dizziness, increased sweating, blurred vision, or yawning may occur. If any of these effects persist or worsen, tell your doctor promptly.
I take it and I also sweat at night. I just sleep under a fan…
I like the medicine because it does what it is supposed to do.
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How do I stop having horrible night sweats?
I wake up EVERY morning with the sheets soaked, top and bottom. I’ve tried taking my birth control at a different time, I’ve switched my Lexapro (anti-depressant) from morning to night time. I’m miserable. Can somebody please help me?
I would get them checked out as nights sweats can often mean another underlying problem/s. One of the first symptoms of various lymphatic cancers are chronic night sweats.
Have you been losing weight recently without trying?
Have you got swollen glands in your neck, under the armpits or around the groin area?
Check your birth control pills and anti-depressants to see if a common side effet is night sweats, if not then I would get yourself checked out
Epidural cortisteroid injections and night sweats?
I’ve had three epidural corticosteroid injections for a large bone spur from an old injury that impinges my cervical spinal canal causing pain,swelling,numbness in a few finger of one hand and mild head twitching. I’m going to need surgery but been impressed with how well the injections relieve all of my symptoms, however I experience night sweats for weeks after an injection. What causes this?
It just happens,, they will go away,,, I’ve had the same problem several times
here is a site you should check out,,, it’s a great source of info on spine issues
http://spine-health.com
I have reoccuring night sweats and am a 27 y/o female. What are some possible causes?
As a note, I am taking synthroid, but have never had an issue with night sweats before (even when on synthroid).
The most likely cause is the thyroid meds. Maybe you have a different type of synthroid than the one you are used to, such as a generic version? Apparently this is one of those drugs that differs among different manufacturers (see link). You might call your doc and see if he/she can call in a new prescription that specifies a particular brand of the drug (if your present scrip is generic or different from previous ones).
