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Drenching night sweats...type 1

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Hi, I have been T1 for around 20 years.started with good/fair control. Tight control throughout 2 pregnancies but in general poor control over the years (recent efforts to get it better doing ok!)
I have been having drenching night sweats now for the past 4 years or so. Intermittently. I will have a terrible week where I have them every night, then they go for 3 or 4 weeks without, then return.
Is this related to nerve damage? Can anything be prescribed ? It makes me so fed up and is really beginning to affect my emotional wellbeing. Consultant tells me to regain good control which I know is paramount. I think I just want a magic pill to make them go away :(
 
It may be nothing to do with Diabetes, could it be the menopause?
 
GP has done bloods and everything looks normal on that level. I sweat an awful lot first thing in the morning also just doing something like emptying the dishwasher. Also, Drying my hair I have to sit in front of our new air con unit...night sweats are incredibly bad though.
 
How old are you? Perimenopause can go on for a while before menopause and doesn’t necessarily show up on blood tests. I found taking evening primrose oil has helped my night sweats a lot. But definitely do your best to get your glucose under control.
 
Thebearcametoo said:
How old are you? Perimenopause can go on for a while before menopause and doesn’t necessarily show up on blood tests. I found taking evening primrose oil has helped my night sweats a lot. But definitely do your best to get your glucose under control.
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That is interesting that you have mentioned that. I have just started last week on 4g of evening primrose oil for breast pain, which started around 3 to 4 weeks ago. I am 40 but the sweats started around 4 years ago. Did you notice a difference on evening primrose oil? What does was it? Thank you x
 
I’m taking 1000mg dose. I had bad night sweats the week before my period for months and months and this seems to have stopped them. I’m 46. I’ve noticed various perimenopause stuff happening from 40+ but it’s always good to check any new symptoms with the GP to rule out obvious treatable causes.
 
Thebearcametoo said:
I’m taking 1000mg dose. I had bad night sweats the week before my period for months and months and this seems to have stopped them. I’m 46. I’ve noticed various perimenopause stuff happening from 40+ but it’s always good to check any new symptoms with the GP to rule out obvious treatable causes.
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Good to know. A fresh approach to take with the GP next week. The fact that my sweats seem to flare up every 4 weeks or so could be something related to my cycle. Thanks for your help
 
Defo sounds like it's 'hormonal' then ezzy. My sister always said if men has periods they'd have found a cure by now! LOL
 
trophywench said:
Defo sounds like it's 'hormonal' then ezzy. My sister always said if men has periods they'd have found a cure by now! LOL
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we have found a cure,it is called "The Shed"...…..every man should have a shed.
 
OK Atoll - the Prostate Cancer charity we are both Trustees of originally had a leaflet for ladies with the following emblazoned across the front:

Women can't get Prostate Cancer - but that doesn't mean they cannot suffer from it!
 
jokes aside,with T1 and insulin resistance,sweating is quite common with badly controlled diabetes and blood sugars that hover above the 10mmol level
 
Any T1 who still has their female hormones working, usually also finds their BG increases once they get going each month (ie before they actually menstruate each month as the body gears itself up) and hence require extra insulin to combat it at that time. That's why actually being pregnant is so very difficult for adjusting insulin, and why it pretty instantly goes back to normal once they've given birth. It's ruddy hard work!
 
atoll said:
jokes aside,with T1 and insulin resistance,sweating is quite common with badly controlled diabetes and blood sugars that hover above the 10mmol level
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Conversely... waking drenched in sweat would make me check to make sure I wasn’t having a massive hypo!

Have you checked your BG when you are experiencing these sweats @ezzycozzy?
 
I thought that too Mike, but then thought Ezzy had most likely checked that first anyway cos it is just a normal thing to do when something odd happens and you're T1 !
 
everydayupsanddowns said:
Conversely... waking drenched in sweat would make me check to make sure I wasn’t having a massive hypo!

Have you checked your BG when you are experiencing these sweats @ezzycozzy?
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Hi, no it's never a hypo. I do have the occasional nightime hypo but I always wake up either feeling heart racing or just simply start dreaming about food
 
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