Detect dangerous diseases from unusual sweating

Cold sweats in summer

Cold sweats are actually just a way of describing abnormal sweating, not true hot and cold sweats. Cold sweats are a condition in which the body suddenly sweats a lot, accompanied by a feeling of chills, cold, clammy and sticky skin, most commonly on the palms of the hands and soles of the feet.

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Many diseases and conditions can lead to pathological sweating, such as diabetes, hyperthyroidism, high blood pressure, congestive heart failure, and other conditions that cause fatigue and discomfort. Symptoms of abnormal sweating should be noted and checked for health problems.

In hot summer weather, the load on the heart will increase, and can also affect people's emotions. In this case, it is also necessary to pay attention to prevent the risk of cardiovascular disease. If there is sudden chest tightness, chest pain and sweating, you should think about myocardial infarction due to narrowing or blockage of the cardiovascular system.

Night sweats

Night sweats are the phenomenon of sweating more after falling asleep, even when sleeping in a cool air-conditioned environment in the summer, and stop sweating after waking up. Especially in the middle of the night and early morning, night sweats often appear more on the chest, back, thighs and other locations.

The most common cases of night sweats are women in menopause, due to changes in hormone levels in the body, imbalance of yin and yang leading to hot flashes, night sweats. There are also some men with liver and kidney yin deficiency who can also have night sweats, so they should also pay attention to regulation and nourishment.

Many children also suffer from night sweats, partly due to lack of exercise and imbalance of yin and yang in the body.

In some cases, unusual night sweats can be a sign of cancer.

According to Healthline, there are 6 types of cancer that patients often have symptoms of excessive sweating: carcinoid tumors, leukemia, lymphoma, bone cancer, liver cancer, and mesothelioma.

According to many experts, it is unclear why some types of cancer cause night sweats. Sweating can be due to hormonal changes, fever, or the body trying to fight cancer. Night sweats due to cancer are often accompanied by weight loss, fatigue, aches, chills, etc.

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Head sweat

According to Secret China, excessive sweating of the head is a condition that can be caused by internal heat and evaporation of body fluids. Especially when the stomach is hot, the heat will rise to the head along the meridians, causing excessive sweating of the head and face.

The second cause is due to lack of yang energy. If yang energy is not enough, the signal received by the head is the clearest. If qi is not enough, the fluids in the body cannot be controlled, and the head is prone to sweating.

Spontaneous sweating

According to NetEase Health, spontaneous sweating means sweating for no apparent reason when awake but not while sleeping. This condition occurs even when the weather is not too hot, without strenuous exercise. It is often accompanied by people who are easily tired, pale, and afraid of cold. This can be a sign of sweat gland disorders, anemia, immunodeficiency, spleen disease or excessive body humidity, poor blood circulation in traditional medicine.

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Sweating with color

Sweat is usually colorless and clear, but sometimes sweat can have color due to changes in the health of internal organs and the health of the body.

According to traditional medicine, the five internal organs of the human body should have five colors, sweat coming out of pores with color phenomenon can be a manifestation of dysfunction of internal organs.

Although this is a rare case, it should be noted. According to Toutiao, black sweat is mostly due to kidney deficiency. If the sweat is black and thin, it is a sign of kidney and heart disorder.

White belongs to the lungs, white sweat is mostly due to heart yang deficiency, lack of yin. Yellow sweat reflects problems with the spleen and stomach. Dampness and heat in the spleen and stomach will secrete yellow and sticky sweat. If the yellow color is thin, it is a sign of spleen and stomach weakness. If it is accompanied by problems such as jaundice, yellow eyes, then it is necessary to consider the possibility of jaundice due to liver and gallbladder problems.

Red sweat, also known as bloody sweat, is mostly light red in color, is a manifestation of the heart qi and a sign of heart and liver fire, and can also be a manifestation of the body's tendency to bleed. In addition, the use of certain drugs such as potassium iodide... can also cause red sweat.

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