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What Causes Profuse Sweating While On Metformin?
Question: Am female age 61 type 2 diabetic. On metformin and short and long acting insulin. Experiencing excessive sweating mostly head and upper torso. Sugar not high or low when I check it. Any idea what causes this and any suggestions to deal with it?
Brief Answer:
Advice to get an EKG done
Detailed Answer:
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Excessive sweating can occur due to several reasons.Hypoglycemia is a common cause, which has already been excluded in your case
The most important factor that needs to be ruled out first is a cardiac cause. Diabetic patients may not present with typical symptoms of coronary artery disease like chest pain and sweating may the only symptom.
I recommend getting an EKG, cardiac enzymes,stress test done(if EKG results are normal) to rule out underlying coronary artery disease.
If the above investigations are normal them other possible causes like hyperthyroidism ,menopause symptoms, etc should be looked into as the cause of sweating.
Hope this answers your questions
Please address further questions here
Regards
Dr.Lekshmi
Advice to get an EKG done
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Thank you for trusting HealthcareMagic
Excessive sweating can occur due to several reasons.Hypoglycemia is a common cause, which has already been excluded in your case
The most important factor that needs to be ruled out first is a cardiac cause. Diabetic patients may not present with typical symptoms of coronary artery disease like chest pain and sweating may the only symptom.
I recommend getting an EKG, cardiac enzymes,stress test done(if EKG results are normal) to rule out underlying coronary artery disease.
If the above investigations are normal them other possible causes like hyperthyroidism ,menopause symptoms, etc should be looked into as the cause of sweating.
Hope this answers your questions
Please address further questions here
Regards
Dr.Lekshmi
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