Question 1

what leads to sweating at night ?

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Many causes: There are many causes of night sweats, including infections and hormone cycles.  Check with your doctor for your specific issues.

Question 2

what are the causes for sweating at night ?thanx

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Many!: Some minor infections, like colds can do this for a few days. Other more serious infections  like tuberculosis can do this for many days. Some cancers can do this too. Less scary are hormonal problems, like menopause. Please see your doctor % find out. Also it would be a good idea to take your temp. twice a day, morning and night and keep a diary of it.  Do get checked if this happens &gt; 4 nights.

Question 3

what can be done to stop my cold sweating at night?

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Start here: Typically sweating, either hot or cold is a side effect from something else.  I would recommend staying away from caffeine, particularly after noon.  Also make sure clothing and bedsheets are loose.  Typically this is not normal in premenopausal women unless caused by something else, so it is persistent, see a doctor.

Question 4

my son wakes up sweating at night, what could be wrong?

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Various: Night sweats have a variety of causes. Some of the causes include infection, sleep apnea, and medication side effects
 (night sweats can occur when patients take Prednisone or steroids). If your son is experiencing night sweats you should bring this to the attention of the pediatrician so the cause can be determined.

Question 5

what could cause heavy sweating at night or sometimes during the day?

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: If you have not lost weight and do not have fever, it is probably due to heavier than needed clothing/bedding. You may watch and wait. Reducing your ambient temperature may be helpful.

Question 6

hi. i like to know what could be a cause of sweating at night. it started early this year, from last week it getting worse. please advise?

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Get seen: Night-sweats are an ominous symptom and should prompt the search for a cause -- bacterial endocarditis, tuberculosis, malignant lymphoma are common ones, and brucellosis and a few dozen other infections are concerns as well. Especially if your bedclothes really get wet -- it's a warning of likely serious illness that's likely to be treatabale.

Question 7

why lymphoma can cause sweating at night?

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B symptoms: B symptoms refer to systemic symptoms of fever, night sweats, and weight loss which can be associated with both hodgkin's lymphoma and non-hodgkin's lymphoma. The presence or absence of b symptoms has prognostic significance and is reflected in the staging of these lymphomas. Similar systemic symptoms can be found in non-cancerous states such as tuberculosis and various inflamm or rheumatologic dz.

Question 8

is sweating at night a sign for your menopause?

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Can be: Night sweats are one of the common symptoms of menopause. Make sure your bedroom is cool before you go to sleep. If your sleep is interrupted most nights you might want to talk to your doctor about how to get relief.

Question 9

i have a problem of neck sweating at night so i wonder what might be the problem?

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: Most of the time it is benign if you do not have any other systemic symptoms. Take care.

Question 10

what kind of doctor sees somebody for sweating at night?

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Internal med, sleep: If excessive sweating happens at night only, a sleep doctor may be helpful in sorting out whether there is a sleep disorder (such as sleep apnea) that is contributing. If sweating happens at any time of day/night (such as hot flashes), an internal medicine doctor will be most helpful.

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