Classify night sweats please.....until I try the hormone replacement for 2 months I don't know this. Do night sweats occur when u lay down at night just like when u wake up in the am?? Not necessarily just waking u up sweating Not during the day but when u r laying to sleep or before u get up?? That would help my determination!! Please...?
from WebMD
Doctors in primary care fields often hear their patients complain of night sweats. Night sweats refer to any excess sweating occurring during the night. However, if your bedroom is unusually hot or you are using too many bedclothes, you may begin to sweat during sleep -- and this is normal. In order to distinguish night sweats that arise from medical causes from those that occur because one's surroundings are too warm, doctors generally refer to true night sweats as severe hot flashes occurring at night that can drench sleepwear and sheets, which are not related to an overheated environment.
Menopause -- The hot flashes that accompany the menopausal transition can occur at night and cause sweating. This is a very common cause of night sweats in women around the time of menopause.
Cancers -- Night sweats are an early symptom of some cancers. The most common type of cancer associated with night sweats is lymphoma. However, people who have an undiagnosed cancer frequently have other symptoms as well, such as unexplained weight loss and fevers.
More causes are listed. here's the site
http://www.webmd.com/menopause/guide/8-causes-of-night-sweats
in all honesty Zipper...I'm not sure hormones would be a good idea..perhaps try some homeopathic stuff, or drink soy milk or something?
Thank u Geri! I will look further into that. The md says 2 months is all the longer I would need to take the hormone replacement to determine their cause. Seems real important to them to determine this. Mayb cause it'd b the only symptom? Did u just get diagnosed w liver cancer ? :(
hmmm-I was told, when I took HRT(hormone replacement therapy-before the big uproar about it-) that it took about a month to start working...I'm not sure why they want you to take that stuff...
no that wasn't me...
Hot flashes occur anytime they feel like it and you know cuz
you just want to rip all your clothes off you get so hot and flushed.
I battled them for years when I first went into menopause, their no fun.
night sweats i believe is waking up from sleep soaking wet is my understanding.
I never did do HRT so have no thoughts on it.
geri and nana are on it here: night sweats aren't really classified a non-specific symptom of lymphoma unless they reach the stage of ridiculous, i.e. "drenching night sweats", which normally means waking between 1-3 times and finding you have to change the sheets. having had hot flashes myself (yes it's true, an anti-depressant gave me horrific hot flashes for over a year and nana you couldn't describe them better- its like, "how fast can i tear off every item of clothing i'm wearing before i erupt in flames?") I know that experience, but night sweats are an entirely different animal. and while i'm sure there is a progression, once a drenching night sweat hits you, i don't think you'll ever second-guess it. I say that without experience, however.
I move away from my spot when I wake up sweating. Head to toe. I will wet the sheets w sweat & clothes. If I'm soaked I wake up freezing from being wet. They don't occur during the day but sometimes when I wake up in the am. I've not had a period for 7 years.
learn to sleep on a towel, and one on your pillow. When you wake up schvitzing, change, take the towels off, turn th epillow over. and all will be better.
schvitzing-Yiddish for sweating
I have tried the towel on the sheets. Easier than getting up for the towel. I was having trouble determining hot flashes or night sweats. My GYN ordered the blood test to see if I was in menopause. Yes, I am. I am on HRT (low dose). If the hot flashes get worse, I get my blood tested again. I have only up the estrogen once. I have discovered my own way of figuring which is which. Night sweats I am soaked all over. Elbow creases, behind my knees, under my arms. Hot flashes seem to be just neck and up. The back of my hair get wets with the hot flashes also. Night sweats my whole head is wet.
Hope this helps. Have a good cool day wherever you are. Me, I want the heat. I want to go swimming.
Big triggers for hot flashes = chocolate and caffein will turn them on quick
I have had hot flashes for 20 years. But it has gotten worse. I got off my biodentical hormone therapy because I started bleeding. And was advised to get off. And now I am getting night and day sweats bad. I am seeing a herbalist but no luck so far. I had a pet scan done for my lung they took the whole body nothing showed of any cancer thank God. I have been to so many doctors no one can really help me. Does anyone have any suggestions?