Night Sweats?

[anonymous]

My daughter witih cf also has MAC (an atypical micobacterium, avium complex). Night sweats are a symptom of this. We have yet to get the sensitivity report for which medications she can use, but found that there are several types. Some are IV, some are oral, and some are nebulized. She was diagnosed through a sputum culture. I had severe night sweats in my 30s but it was just perimenopause. (smile). Good luck, hope you find your answers. Snow.

 

[65rosessamurai]

I've had some pretty bad sweats during the night, too! It always seems to start in the fall, and stops around spring though. I suspect it was due to fighting some bug, but also thought the blankets were too thick for me, or I had some real stressed out dream!! since my stress level is slowly declining, I think the stressfull nightmares are also finally decreasing!

 

[anonymous]

All the time. I have night sweats at least an average of 4-5 nights a week. Some nights are worse than others.

I have developed a system to try and adapt. I have 3 heavy weight terry cloth robes, which usually absorb the sweat well enough that I can rest the remainder of the night. However, sometimes on gets damp or soaked enough where I have a secondary robe on hand. Once I went through three robes before the morning had arrived.

That particular day I rested, but failed to replenish my electrolytes enough to prevent problems. By 4:30 PM that day I totally began to crash. I couldn't figure it out. I was extremely dizzy, nausea, vomiting, having cold sweats, and I could not walk or stand without risking falling hard. I thought I was at the end, and was going to have my wife rush me to the ER (at $500 a visit), before I had realized I was electrolyte crashing. My wife gave me about 7 Power Gels made by Power Bar, and I drank something like 12 Emer'gen-C powder packets made by Alacer (you can get them at WHOLE FOODS MARKET), and I only then began to recover. By 9 PM I felt just about normal.

This, hemoptosys, and fevers are the worst about CF. I think I have adapted to the congestion for the most part (at least so far...). I seem to get low-grade fevers almost as much. Even after 2week hospitalizations in which I am discharged feeling great. A week or two later the mother load comes back.

Best of luck who experience the same.

Grendel

 

[wanderlost]

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote><i>Originally posted by: <b>anonymous</b></i>

I have night sweats also, but always only during or right before my period. I was told it was hormone related. Now I am kinda paranoid. But if I had an infection, wouldn't I have them all the time??</end quote></div>

I get night sweats too around my period and they are hormone related - you just need to watch and make sure that they aren't happening more frequently than that - that might signify infection.

 

[NoExcuses]

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[JazzysMom]

I am do for my period (sorry guys) & last night I sweated up a storm. Since we keep the house cooler at night, I would catch a chill & get cold so cuddle under the blankets. Then sweat some more & throw the blankets off then catch a chill. I hope its just last night!

 

[coltsfan715]

I get night sweats on occasion. I have contributed it to my PJs some nights - especially in the winter if I am all bundled up for bed. Also with my Diabetes I notice that I get sweats if I eat shortly before bed - because my blood sugar peaks in the middle of the night I think and I am trying to burn the extra carbs/sugar.


They really got bad when I was in the hospital the last time. When I went in I had been sick for about a week - no night sweats at that point. I was in the hospital for about a week before they sent me home on IVs. I was fine til about 3-4 days into treatment. I started having night sweats each night, and they were awful. Each night I had to get up and change clothes and lay towels or extra blankets down across the bed. I figured just my body trying to get some of those meds out of my system - however possible.


Lindsey