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Suggest Remedy For Profuse Sweating In A Diabetic Person
Question: My mother is 69, higly diabetic, she is not that XXXXXXX still can walk. If she takes a couple of steps in front of the house she sweats so much that she needs to change her water soaked dress. She is on the heavier side and i think she started her small walks after quite sometime, is sweating like this normal. Weather is quite warm now in the place where she lives. Thanks
Brief Answer:
Sweating
Detailed Answer:
There can be several potential causes of these sweating episodes
1 She must check her blood glucose level with a glucose monitor at the time she experiences the profuse sweating.
Low blood glucoses can cause sweating. Any value below 70 requires treatment with a glucose source like milk/soda/juice/crackers
2 Her thyroid needs to be checked too. A simple non-fasting blood test like TSH will be very helpful
3 Menopausal hot flashes can occur at any age
4 Diabetes related nerve damage can result in sweating abnormally. Controlling diabetes better is only one way to address this. often such nerve damage is irreversible. Neurologists can help with treatments for such a problem
5 There is a rare condition called pheochromocytoma which causes spells of sweating/headache/ heart racing/ shortness of breath. A blood test to screen for this is useful. It is called Plasma free metanephrines
Sweating
Detailed Answer:
There can be several potential causes of these sweating episodes
1 She must check her blood glucose level with a glucose monitor at the time she experiences the profuse sweating.
Low blood glucoses can cause sweating. Any value below 70 requires treatment with a glucose source like milk/soda/juice/crackers
2 Her thyroid needs to be checked too. A simple non-fasting blood test like TSH will be very helpful
3 Menopausal hot flashes can occur at any age
4 Diabetes related nerve damage can result in sweating abnormally. Controlling diabetes better is only one way to address this. often such nerve damage is irreversible. Neurologists can help with treatments for such a problem
5 There is a rare condition called pheochromocytoma which causes spells of sweating/headache/ heart racing/ shortness of breath. A blood test to screen for this is useful. It is called Plasma free metanephrines
Note: For further follow-up, discuss your blood glucose reports with our diabetologist. Click here.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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