Symptom
Night sweats
Recurrent episodes of profuse sweating occurring during sleep, unrelated to ambient temperature or bedding. Possible causes are hormonal changes (menopause, pregnancy, postpartum recovery, low testosterone), medications (SSRIs, steroids, analgesia), infections (tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, endocarditis), obstructive sleep apnea, stroke, malignancy (lymphoma), hyperthyroidism, hypoglycemia, and anxiety.
Also known as: Sleep hyperhidrosis, Sleep sweats, Nocturnal hyperhidrosis
Referencing diagnoses
- Cardiac tamponade
- Endocarditis
- Gastric lymphoma
- Graves disease
- HIV
- Liver abscess
- Osteosarcoma
- Pericarditis
- Pleural empyema
- Renal cell carcinoma
- Temporal arteritis
- Tuberculosis
- Wegener's granulomatosis
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