Night sweats

Night sweats as increased, unphysiological sweating ( hyperhidrosis) during sleep can occur in different forms and represent a danger signal, as it may be a symptom of various, even serious systemic diseases. " Abnormally " results in dripping wet hair and a large area drenched sleepwear.

Causes

In addition to mundane causes such as excessive ambient temperature or humidity or nightmares following reasons can be cited:

• Chronic infectious diseases such as advanced ( lung ) tuberculosis
• AIDS
• Lyme disease

• Flu infection
• Malaria
• Glandular fever ( mononucleosis )
• Osteomyelitis

• Acute leukemias
• Lymphomas
• Other malignant tumors

• Rheumatoid arthritis
• Polymyalgia rheumatica
• Giant

• Hyperthyroidism
• Menopause

• An obstructive sleep apnea syndrome
• Neurasthenia by overwork or other stress
• Chronic alcoholism
• Side effect of medication

Particularity

The combination of night sweats, fever and significant, unintentional weight loss is referred to as B symptoms.

Therapy

No specific therapy does not exist, the symptoms disappear after treatment of the underlying disease.

Swell

• Roche Lexikon Medizin, Tagged night sweats
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