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What Might Cause Excessive Sweating ?

What might cause my husband to recently sweat a lot. He is 63 years old and has never been a big sweater. He has always been able to work out in the heat without problems. Today he came in from setting tree stands and was dripping wet. Should we be concerned?
Fri, 24 Jan 2014
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Hi,

There are various causes to sweating a lot including:

- oscillations in blood sugar (low blood sugar)
- anemia
- oscillations in blood pressure

I suggest to consult your physician and to run further tests:
- measure his blood sugar level when he is sweating and fasting sugar and HbA1C
- measure his blood pressure at that moment
- do a complete blood profile to check for anemia
- do an abdominal ultrasound to exclude abdominal problems (pancreas/liver)
- run some biochemistry tests
- check for the thyroid functions

in order to determine the right cause.

Meanwhile, I suggest to ask him to :

- have regular meals and eat healthy foods
- drink more water

Hope it helped!
Dr.Bardha
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What Might Cause Excessive Sweating ?

Hi, There are various causes to sweating a lot including: - oscillations in blood sugar (low blood sugar) - anemia - oscillations in blood pressure I suggest to consult your physician and to run further tests: - measure his blood sugar level when he is sweating and fasting sugar and HbA1C - measure his blood pressure at that moment - do a complete blood profile to check for anemia - do an abdominal ultrasound to exclude abdominal problems (pancreas/liver) - run some biochemistry tests - check for the thyroid functions in order to determine the right cause. Meanwhile, I suggest to ask him to : - have regular meals and eat healthy foods - drink more water Hope it helped! Dr.Bardha