Why do I do this to myself?? (nightsweats related)

[Tango1610]

Right, ever since my specialist gave me the thumbs up, I've been fairlhy happy but keep poking my carotid valve, or that what its supposed to be - every 5 mins to check if its that thats pulsating or whatevers behind it (the whole areq pulsates, so I always find it hard to tell.

Last night freaked me out a bit too. Woke up about 2 hour afer I went to bed and there were parts of me that were pouring with sweat. Not sure if it was a night sweat or the fact ,my covers are quite thick, but my room was quite cool anyway, immediately I link it to the 'lump' thing and I start freaking out. Go back to bed and wake up twice through the night, and I'm fine.

Can anyone differentiate between a night sweat and just been to warm sleeping, and have any of you lot had night sweats and theres been nothing wrong with you? Funny thing is that if I had one like a year ago, I'd probably think nothing of it.

[LeeBee]

Hi tango - I often wake up too warm and a bit sweaty if I've got heavy blankets on and the night turns out not be as cool as I had thought. I think also if you're having very active REM sleep and tossing and turning a lot, this can make you sweaty even though your room is not warm.

I had extra sweating at night while I was suffering from a virus several weeks ago. I had a few nights in a row where I woke up very sweaty. In my case, I think it was high temperature related to the virus, but I googled "night sweats" loads, just to freak myself out:blush:.

From what I read, night sweats from something serious (like lymphoma) are HUGE amounts of sweat, with the bedsheets soaking wet, like you've just got out of a shower. It's a fairly late symptom, too, as I understand it, so you'd have loads other symptoms as well like rapid unexplained weight loss, very swollen painless lymph nodes all over (not just one!), severe fatigue, itchiness all over.

If I were you I'd try just removing a blanket for a night and seeing how you get on.

[Tango1610]

Yeah, I think I've had a worse night sweat, earlier in the year, and that was more all over, and it was more of a 'cold sweat' than this. It was more sweating in the areas where my body was in contact with the covers, my chest was sweaty because the cover was pressed up against it, and the side of my head and part of my leg. My face and arms weren't sweaty at all.

Plus I'd played football earlier in the evening and didnt showered afterwards, so maybe that contributed a little.

Any other symptoms my ENT specialist would have picked up on, and she pretty much said 'theres nowt wrong with you' as soon as I came in through the door. She wasnt concerned at all with what she felt/heard.

[Mudskipper]

Don't know exactly where you live, but it really has been unseasonably warm down here in the south. Last night I ended up sleeping on the sofa because the bedroom was just too warm, so maybe this is contributing to your problems too? Just a thought.:)

[Tango1610]

think it may do, normally with night sweats your shivering if the covers not on you as well, i wasn't really. Plus I played football at tea time and didnt shower afterwards, in fact i didnt have a shower since the night before!

I live up in the north west, near Crewe/Stoke.