Hypoglycemia

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Joe,

Thank you for sharing that because the Doctors have been discussing

whether or not the hypogylcemia is related to the PSC or not. I

really appriciate the information.

Dawn

> >

> > I was diagnosed with PSC 7 years ago and have been a member of

this

> > group ever since; however I haven't posted anything in many years

> > since I've been fortunate to have been very healthy and have put

PSC

> > " on the back burner " .

> >

> > I haven't experienced any of the most common symptoms (bad

itching,

> > etc). But since I was diagnosed (at age 30), I have experienced

> night

> > sweats 1-2 nights per year. The past couple months, all of a

sudden

> > I've been experiencing many nights with night sweats (about 20%

of

> the

> > nights). I called my hepatologist, and the nurse said this

probably

> > wasn't due to the PSC (probably hormonal or something), but I

should

> > come in for a checkup anyway since I haven't seen him in a while

(I

> > have an appointment in February). I'm currently 37 so I would

think

> > hormonal night sweats should be a while away - I also talked with

my

> > 50 year old sister and she's never experienced night sweats. I

> don't

> > have the itching or other normal PSC symptoms.

> >

> > I was wondering if many PSC'ers experience night sweats as a

result

> of

> > PSC. It seems getting so many night sweats isn't normal and it

> would

> > be good to figure out what's behind them, PSC or something else.

> I'm

> > healthy otherwise (eat healthy & exercise every day).

> >

> > Thanks for any feedback!!

> >

> > -Beth Scharmer from Milwaukee, WI

> >

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