Sweating is a natural mechanism of thermoregulation of the human body and in most cases does not cause concern. But a strong sweating, especially at night, and in the absence of external factors, not only causes discomfort, interferes with normal sleep, but can also be a symptom signaling the development of certain diseases.
Reasons for sweating at night in women
About increased sweating speak, when at the person for 5 minutes it is allocated 100 and more milliliters of sweat. Of course, it is almost impossible to measure such an indicator, but if a person wakes up at night in a sweat, is forced to get up, change clothes and change wet bed linen, then it is an increased sweating.
External factors that can cause such a phenomenon include:
- air temperature;
- non-permeable bedding and linen;
- alcohol abuse;
- use before bedtime a lot of sugar and some spices.
The most frequent medical reason for severe sweating at night in women is a violation of the hormonal background. Most often they are related to:
- the climax;
- pregnancy;
- the beginning of menstruation.
In all these cases, sweating at night in women is quite natural, which does not require special treatment, but only observation by a gynecologist and taking measures within the framework of general health care measures.
Other medical factors that can cause sweating at night in women include:
- disorders in the thyroid gland (usually accompanied by loss of body weight, sharp mood swings, rapid heartbeat);
- inflammatory diseases of the ovaries;
- infectious diseases (sweating in this case is a normal reaction of the body to increase the temperature);
- rheumatism and arthritis;
- reception of some hormonal contraceptive;
- taking antihypertensive drugs;
- taking drugs of phenothiazines (neuroleptics);
- stressful conditions;
- hyperhidrosis - increased sweating, observed constantly, not only at night,
but also during the day, and representing a separate medical problem.
Separately, it should be noted such cases as:
- acute hypoglycemia in diabetics;
- poisoning (along with other symptoms of intoxication);
- hypertensive crisis and pre-stroke states.
Severe sweating often serves as one of the attendant symptoms when given serious enough and life-threatening conditions.