Night sweats
| Classification according to ICD-10 | |
|---|---|
| R61.9 | Hyperhidrosis , unspecified |
| ICD-10 online (WHO version 2019) | |
Night sweats as increased, non-physiological sweating ( hyperhidrosis ) during sleep can occur in different forms and represent an alarm signal, as it can be a symptom of various, even severe systemic diseases . ("Unphysiological" means: dripping wet hair and extensively soaked nightwear .)
frequency
Sweating while sleeping is a very common symptom. Patient surveys suggest numbers of up to 40%. A period of one day to 27 years was specified as the duration. In 50% the severity was mild, in 24% it was moderate, and in 26% it was severe.
causes
In addition to banal causes such as excessive ambient temperature or humidity or nightmares , the following causes can be cited:
- chronic infectious diseases like
- advanced (pulmonary) tuberculosis
- AIDS
- Lyme disease
- acute infectious diseases associated with fever
- gripal infect
- malaria
- Pfeiffer glandular fever (mononucleosis)
- Osteomyelitis
- malignant diseases ( cancer )
- Myeloproliferative neoplasms
- allergic / autoimmune diseases
- Hormonal imbalances like
- Others
- an obstructive sleep apnea syndrome
- Neurasthenia from overwork or other stress
- chronic alcoholism
- Side effect of medication
Specialty
The combination of night sweats, fever and considerable, unwanted weight loss is referred to as B symptoms .
therapy
There is no specific therapy, the symptoms disappear after treatment of the underlying disease.
swell
- ( Page no longer available , search in web archives: Nachtschweiß. ) In: Roche Lexicon Medicine. on-line
- Standard procedure for asymptomatic chronic borreliosis. on: dieterhassler.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Night sweats. In: Helga Peter, Thomas Penzel, Jörg Hermann Peter (eds.): Encyclopedia of Sleep Medicine. Springer Meidizin-Verlag, 2007, ISBN 978-3-540-28839-8 , p. 792.
- ↑ Standard procedure for asymptomatic chronic borreliosis. on: dieterhassler.de
