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What Causes Scalp Sweating In An Elderly Person?
My mother who is 80 years old has been complaining of head sweats whenever she does even the smallest tasks. Then she gets so tired that she wants to go to sleep. Once she rests for a while it goes away and she feels ok until she does something another task. This has been going on for about 5 days now and I am getting concerned. Do you know what can be causing this?
Fri, 11 Dec 2015
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If she is normally active then she should be assessed.
The possible causes such as infection, lack of control of any chronic illnesses that may be present, side effect of medication.
To determine the cause, she would need history or physical examination at least by her doctor.
I hope this helps
If she is normally active then she should be assessed.
The possible causes such as infection, lack of control of any chronic illnesses that may be present, side effect of medication.
To determine the cause, she would need history or physical examination at least by her doctor.
I hope this helps
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