A question re: sweating like a pig

[Guest guest]

Hi Everyone, Ever since I got

the CFIDS I have had a

terrible time with sweating.

The sweating is confined to my

head and upper body and has

nothing whatsoever to do with

my armpits. It is one of the

most difficult things to deal

with because it happens just

from walking from room to room

in my (not large) house. Does

anyone else have trouble like

this? I have always figured

that it was caused by a body

thermostat problem related to

the CFIDS. Just wondering if

all of you well informed,

excellently informed people

has this or knows anything

about it. Thanks for all the

amazing information you have

referred me to, and given me

over the past month or two. I

really appreciate it. Taffy

" And the consequence of our

existence

Is the reason for our

being. "

Stuart Todd 5/27/71 -

3/13/90

" God be between you and harm

in all the

empty places you must

walk. "

Jill Riley 4/24/63 -

10/12/00

[Guest guest]

Great question Taffy,

I get terrible sweating also. They're like hot flushes that menopausal women

get. But i'm only 35! I've been getting them for years now and no one can tell

me why. I don't have a cfs or me etc.. diagnosis yet (they're still testing) but

i have so many 'symptoms' that i don't know how to explain. And the sweating is

one of them.

I'd like to know if anyone else has this problem too, or knows what might cause

it.

dee

[Guest guest]

Hello all

I took this from the " Humming birds Guide " which, for me, I think is

the best guide online it really goes into detail about all the different

symptoms we have, I know Loss of thermostatic stability is a definite for me

and

I am glad I live alone I would drive anyone nuts, turn on the heat, shut

off the heat, put on the AC and shut off the AC.... I drive myself nuts.

This started almost 30 years ago and to this day when I try to tell a doctor

they always know the answer, I am going through the change, I will be 90 and

they will still be telling me I am going though the change @@

Someone here mentioned med's and they were right on, medication can cause

sweats so you might want to check them

ENDOCRINE & NEUROENDOCRINE DYSFUNCTIONS

* Thyroid; thyroid pain, inflammation or dysfunction (usually

secondary hypothyroidism). Adrenal gland dysfunction; aspects of both

overactive and

under active adrenal function or pituitary dysfunctions

* Loss of thermostatic stability - suddenly feeling cold in warm

weather, recurrent feelings of feverishness or chills or hot flashes

particularly

involving the upper body. Feeling cold and shivering one minute and hot and

sweating the next is common. A low-grade fever may occur following exertion

* Subnormal body temperature and marked diurnal fluctuation

(temperature fluctuation throughout the day)

* Cold hands and feet, sometimes on only one side

* Sweating episodes (profuse sweating, sometimes even when cold) -

with the sweat often having quite a sour smell. Night sweats and spontaneous

day

sweats may occur

* Swelling of the extremities or eyelids

[Guest guest]

Hi Taffy,

I also have a terrible with with perspiration -- anything over 70

degrees is too hot for me. I especially perspire a lot on my face

and head although the rest of body sweats also, but like you, seems

to affect my head area more. Since I have CFIDS I absolutely cannot

stand summers, I am just too miserable. Alas, I have no answer to

your question. From my own asking around/research, it seems that

this is one manifestation that most CFIDS patients don't seem to have.

>

> Hi Everyone, Ever since I got

> the CFIDS I have had a

> terrible time with sweating.

> The sweating is confined to my

> head and upper body and has

> nothing whatsoever to do with

> my armpits. It is one of the

> most difficult things to deal

> with because it happens just

> from walking from room to room

> in my (not large) house.

[Guest guest]

Hi Dee,

Sorry... perhaps I should have posted my reply to Taffy instead of sending it

to her directly. Perhaps some of which I wrote below may make sense / be of

help. There are so many symptoms 'in common' that keeping a really good log /

journal can be of help to find anything that may be a trigger to symptoms (i.e.

especially the 'odder' ones like sweats or smelling!).

/ Charolette :-)

This is a symptom that I've experienced since December 2000 since I first

had a very 'strange flu'. It turned out that I had several infections commonly

associated with 'ticks', but these can also be transmitted by (literally)

anything that can carry an infection and transmit it through bites (i.e. fleas;

ticks; mites; lice; mosquitos; sand flies; etc.).