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Night sweats refer to excess sweating during the night. True night sweats are severe hot flashes occurring at night that can drench your clothes and sheets and that are not related to an overheated environment. It’s important to note that flushing (a warmth and redness of the face or body) may be hard to distinguish from true night sweats. Mayo Clinic described them as “repeated episodes of extreme perspiration that may soak your nightclothes or bedding and are related to an underlying medical condition or illness“

Also known as sleep hyperhidrosis

06 Nov 2024

By Ronny Allan

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Neuroendocrine Cancer – no sweat!

Living with Neuroendocrine CancerAntidepressant, Anxiety, Carcinoid syndrome, Diabetes, Flushing, Hyperhidrosis, Hyperthryroidism, Hypoglycemia, Menopause, Neuroendocrine cancer, Night sweat, Pheochromocytoma, Sleep hyperhidrosis, Sweating

I see so many questions and comments in my private group about sweating, in particular, 'night sweats' and it's prompted me to dig deeper, thus this article. When I look at a dozen decent sources of medical info, they all seem to bring up several common causes appearing on the the range of lists on each of the websites. I do see (so-called) carcinoid syndrome come up infrequently. Given that these are not sites dedicated to NET, perhaps the authors are lumping that in with hot flashes/flushing etc ignoring the known fact that carcinoid syndrome flushes are, by rule of thumb,…