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What Causes Dizziness Along With Excessive Sweating?

I recently had a very traumatic experience which took me weeks to work through it. I m an 85 year old senior with a lifetime of various levels of anxiety. Towards the end this traumatic experience, as things were starting to work out, I started to feel lightheadedness, with occasional heavy sweating, a couple of times during the night, and some flushing. It saps my strength and I generally feel lousy. Sometimes it just passes and I feel pretty good but the symptoms seem to return. It first I thought it was a heart attack or stroke but don t seem to have any numbness or associated symptoms. Your opinion is appreciated.
Fri, 24 Aug 2018
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Well, The amount of sweat considered normal is quite variable and depends on the demands of the body. Excessive sweating, also called hyperhidrosis, means that you sweat far more than your body needs you to sweat. For example, if you sweat while sitting calmly at your desk, that is excessive sweating.
In hyperhidrosis, the body's cooling mechanism is so overactive that it produces four or five times the amount of sweat that you need. However, sometimes if sweating happens during the night or there is associated weight loss then it may indicate some more serious issues such as lymohima or hormonal imbalances.In every case, if this persist you should see internist first to do some tests.

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What Causes Dizziness Along With Excessive Sweating?

Hello Well, The amount of sweat considered normal is quite variable and depends on the demands of the body. Excessive sweating, also called hyperhidrosis, means that you sweat far more than your body needs you to sweat. For example, if you sweat while sitting calmly at your desk, that is excessive sweating. In hyperhidrosis, the body s cooling mechanism is so overactive that it produces four or five times the amount of sweat that you need. However, sometimes if sweating happens during the night or there is associated weight loss then it may indicate some more serious issues such as lymohima or hormonal imbalances.In every case, if this persist you should see internist first to do some tests. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.