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Sweating

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Hi guys, I have been diagnosed type 1 about 7 weeks now. One issue I have been having is sweating all the time. I was sweating a lot before I was diagnosed with bg of 23, since then I have got my bg under control ( except last week I did cheat a fair bit) but it hasnt stopped the sweats. I have never been one to sweat, in fact I am usually a chilly mortal and as a rule I am the last person to shed their woollies and the first to put them back on. I have never felt so to so often it's not like we had a hitch summer is it? These sweats are not linked to anything that I am doing, they are not confined to night time or after activity, or after food, or high or low bg, and they are totally different from the hypo sweats I have had. They Are more like doing activity than the downpour soak that a hypo gives me.
 
What insulins are you on? Some people are allergic to specific insulins, which can cause sweating.
 
I am on novo rapid and lasts pens, but I have been suffering the sweating for a good few months before my diagnosis. Thought when I was diagnosed it was part of un controlled diabetes and it would settle down with my bg but it hasnt :( the only reason I was wondering if it may be linked to something else linked with diabetes ( if that makes sense ) is that not long after my mother was diagnosed with type 2 she was getting epic sweats, the absolute dripping ones, this was not menopause as she was well past that. I wouldn't think it's menopause for me either at 31, possible but highly unlikely
 
well i sweat a lot but only this year..... thought it was just cos it so hot? would be interested to see if there is any other reason.
 
Something else that might ring a bell for someone, a couple of months before diagnosis my eyesight went bad, not through nerve damage ( checked by optician and hospital) and I needed glasses. My eyesight corrected itself within three days of starting on the lantus and metformin. The sweating started around the time my eyes started blurring.
 
If the sweating started before you were diagnosed and taking medication, the root of the problem is unlikely to be medication...

But have you ever had your thyroid function checked?

Some areas check thyroid functions as part of the basic diabetic blood tests, others only do it if they feel there's a need!

So I would have a word with your doctor, as it could be thyroid or something totally different though.. And it's only your doctor who's going to get to the route of what's going on..
 
It's not thyroid as when I was diagnosed I had gone to the doctor with the classic excessive drinking. He ordered up bloods for diabetes, thyroid and iron levels, and we all know result I came back with 😉. I went for bloods at 8am and had call back from gp to discuss results at 10.30 and was up the diabetic clinic for 3pm 🙂
 
No idea of your age but any chance it's an early menopause?
 
I am 31 but all my other womanly functions are still, well functioning 🙂 my mother went through it at 50 plus so hopefully will follow her footsteps on that. Have googled the swets but they seem to be linked to night sweats, menopause, eating and meds, none of which apply as one category. Just wondered if it was something anyone else had experienced. As to it being summer, it's not been that hot this year, and up until this year I had always been one of those people who sweat very little. I am getting them on days when my colleagues are wrapped in jumpers, and I did the school run this morning in a t shirt even though it was drizzling and everyone else was wrapped in coats, I really couldnt face a coat ora jumper. I wasn't warm to the touch though I felt warm myself, and my bg was 5.5
 
Manicarrie said:
I am 31 but all my other womanly functions are still, well functioning 🙂 my mother went through it at 50 plus so hopefully will follow her footsteps on that. Have googled the swets but they seem to be linked to night sweats, menopause, eating and meds, none of which apply as one category. Just wondered if it was something anyone else had experienced. As to it being summer, it's not been that hot this year, and up until this year I had always been one of those people who sweat very little. I am getting them on days when my colleagues are wrapped in jumpers, and I did the school run this morning in a t shirt even though it was drizzling and everyone else was wrapped in coats, I really couldnt face a coat ora jumper. I wasn't warm to the touch though I felt warm myself, and my bg was 5.5
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We could sit here and guess all day long and guess is the name of the game. 🙂
You need to go to your GP and tell him whats happening so he can run some tests.
 
Yeah I will do was just curious to see if anyone else had experienced the same it's always nice to know you aren't the only one 🙂
 
I have started to suffer from a strange sweatiness, mine however, is weird in as much as it only happens first thing in the morning before I have eaten, and it is only in one area :confused: after that, and for the rest of the day I am fine, unless of course I am exerting myself and then it's back to the normal sweating everywhere.
I had put it down to starting on metformin but reading this thread has made me think twice. Looks like I need to have a word with my Doc too.
 
A few things comes to mind.

Firstly, the sweats beforehand could have been a result of uncontrolled blood sugars and unrelated to the issue you're having now.

But there are other issues that could be related to all this. Sweating can be related to thyroid issues - and there is correlation between diabetes and thyroid problems in that they are believed to have a similar trigger.

Lantus in particular is an insulin known for causing sweating - it has a higher allergic reaction rate of any insulin (around 5-6%, compared to under 3% for most others) because it's at a different pH to the rest of the body.

Another potential issue (but one I think unlikely in your case) is the long-term complication of autonomic neuropathy. Keep your A1C over 7 for long enough and the nerves inside your body start to die off and make you unable to properly regulate your temperature. If you're newly diagnosed, you probably haven't had poor blood sugar control for long enough to make this happen though.
 
DeusXM said:
A few things comes to mind.

Firstly, the sweats beforehand could have been a result of uncontrolled blood sugars and unrelated to the issue you're having now.

But there are other issues that could be related to all this. Sweating can be related to thyroid issues - and there is correlation between diabetes and thyroid problems in that they are believed to have a similar trigger.

Lantus in particular is an insulin known for causing sweating - it has a higher allergic reaction rate of any insulin (around 5-6%, compared to under 3% for most others) because it's at a different pH to the rest of the body.

Another potential issue (but one I think unlikely in your case) is the long-term complication of autonomic neuropathy. Keep your A1C over 7 for long enough and the nerves inside your body start to die off and make you unable to properly regulate your temperature. If you're newly diagnosed, you probably haven't had poor blood sugar control for long enough to make this happen though.
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I didn't have the sweating problem before DX, it's something I have noticed in the last two, maybe three months, as I said it's only first thing in the morning before breakfast.

I am not on Lantus, just metformin so I had sort of ruled that out.

I am glad to see that you think that the long term complication of autonomic neuropathy is also unlikely, however, I have had my numbers in the low 7's for almost a year. I have made a recent major effort to get back into the 6's and was put on metformin by my Doc to try to help as he thinks either my insulin output may be decreasing or my resistance may be increasing. Is there a test which can or will give a definite answer do you know?

I am not exactly newly Dx'ed, I was Diet and Exercise controlled for a couple of years before an unhelpful case of denial saw me jump off the wagon lose my self control and generally muck up my life. (no sympathy please, self inflicted stupidity) 😱

So, off to the Docs I jolly well go and try to find out for sure!
 
i definately have this problem too and its incredibly annoying!! i never thought that it could be linked to diabetes so that is interesting to think about. i have been tempted to go to the gp a few times with this problem but just havent yet, so if you find anything out i would be very interested 🙂 xxx
 
really interesting thread.....

I have suffered with sweating but it only happens while eating and as Deux has stated, I have previously had a high hba. Thing thats annoying is I KEPT asking 'professionals' what this is and hardly no-one knew! Surely people within the Endocrinology field should know!

Anyway, turns out it was autonomic neuropathy of my 'Gustatory glands' (doesn't sound very nice) but it only affects facial sweating! Apparantly there is a medication that can help with this side effect but as I'm preg it is not suitable until I've had all the children I want.

Nice to see Deux, that other diabetics recognise this as a complication...I realy do think sometimes that us diabetics should be running the clinics and get paid all that salary!
Sorry Manicarrie not sure if my reply really helps solve your dilemma and as Deux says its usually caused by a prolonged HBA....BUT... could be worth asking at your clinic and ask them to rule it out. And it'll certainly make you sound like you've done your diabetic homework! They will be impressed! LOL
 
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