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Night sweats

{{Short description|Repeated occurrence of excessive sweating during sleep}}

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| synonyms = Sleep sweats, nocturnal hyperhydrosis

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Night sweats or nocturnal hyperhydrosis{{Cite web|title=Hyperhidrosis - MeSH - NCBI|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/68006945|access-date=2020-10-29|website=www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov}} is the repeated occurrence of excessive sweating during sleep.{{Cite web|title=Night sweats - Mayo Clinic|url=https://www.mayoclinic.org/symptoms/night-sweats/basics/definition/SYM-20050768?p=1|access-date=2020-10-29|website=www.mayoclinic.org}} The person may or may not also perspire excessively while awake.

One of the most common causes of night sweats in women over 40 is the hormonal changes related to menopause and perimenopause.{{cite book|author1=T. F. Kruger|author2=M. H. Botha|title=Clinical Gynaecology|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mEsPakNJWZYC&pg=PA333|year=2008|publisher=Juta and Company Ltd|isbn=978-0-7021-7305-9|page=333}} This is a very common occurrence during the menopausal transition years. Over 80% of women experience hot flashes, which may include excessive sweating, during menopause.{{Cite journal|last1=Bansal|first1=Ramandeep|last2=Aggarwal|first2=Neelam|date=January–March 2019|title=Menopausal Hot Flashes: A Concise Review|journal=Journal of Mid-Life Health|volume=10|issue=1|pages=6–13|doi=10.4103/jmh.JMH_7_19|issn=0976-7800|pmc=6459071|pmid=31001050 |doi-access=free }}

Night sweats range from being relatively harmless to a sign of underlying disease. Night sweats may happen because the sleep environment is too warm, either because the bedroom is unusually hot or because there are too many covers on the bed. Night sweats have been associated with a long list of clinical conditions.{{Cite journal|last1=Mold|first1=James W.|last2=Holtzclaw|first2=Barbara J.|last3=McCarthy|first3=Laine|date=November–December 2012|title=Night sweats: a systematic review of the literature|journal=Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine |volume=25|issue=6|pages=878–893|doi=10.3122/jabfm.2012.06.120033|issn=1558-7118|pmid=23136329|s2cid=24179827|doi-access=free}} However, there is very little evidence that supports clinical recommendations for this condition.

Associated conditions

The condition may be a sign of various disease states, including but not exclusive to the following:

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| ICD10 = {{ICD10|R|61||r|50}}

| ICD9 = {{ICD9|780.8}}, {{ICD9|327}}

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{{General symptoms and signs}}

Category:Sleep disorders

Category:Medical signs

Category:Menopause