I am a 43 year old male. Perfect health. Podiumed first three tris of the year…Absolutely no medical history or symptoms except 35% or so of my nights I will wake up having sweated pretty bad. 5% of those times I am soaked (sweat actually pools on my chest). No night terrors, sleep well otherwise. Sheets have to be changed once per week at least or they stink. Is this a precursor to any disease?
You should definitely see a doctor. Night sweats are a symptom of a variety of diseases, including some cancers. Or you could just sleep with too many blankets, but let the doctor figure that out.
+2 on going in and seeing your doc. Lots of reasons why it could be happening. Mine ended up being hormonal but I did get a lot of bloodwork done to rule out cancer and other things.
Sleep Apnea
Hypotension
Diabetes
Thyroid Imbalance
Mischievous Wife
Take your pick.
A host of diseases must be ruled out first as has been suggested, however other benign causes in athletes include exercising to close to bed and not eating enough carbohydrates.
Damn, I have the same thing (although not 35% of the time). Never thought of getting it investigated. Sounds like I’d better mention it at my next check up…
Thanks for bringing it up.
Run, don’t walk to your doctor!
Sheets have to be changed once per week at least or they stink.
It might be a good idea to change your sheets once a week regardless of whether or not you have night sweats. Geez!
Sheets have to be changed once per week at least or they stink.
It might be a good idea to change your sheets once a week regardless of whether or not you have night sweats. Geez!
What I failed to mention is this has been happening on and off for over 10 years. I did a complete web search and didnt see anything that even remotely matches up to the cause (I have a Dr. before my name for what it is worth so I understand the potential implications).
I guess what I am looking for is for someone out there to say that they sweat in bed also and it is a normal idiopathic variant in some peoples lives.
I can also tell you at times I wake up soaked head to toe. However, I first noticed it when I started traveling internationally. I would say it only happens when I do this, but it has happened at home a time or two - could be on the return though - I just don’t recall.
Anyway, I don’t know, but maybe there is some correlation to being extremely tired? Depending on what sort of Dr. you are, if you’re up for ridiculous hours at a stretch, I can’t see that as much different than jumping time zones.
I hadn’t thought twice about it before, but will be watching this thread and doing a little research of my own to see if there is anything more to it. Thanks for raising the question.
I am a 43 year old male. Perfect health. Podiumed first three tris of the year…Absolutely no medical history or symptoms except 35% or so of my nights I will wake up having sweated pretty bad. 5% of those times I am soaked (sweat actually pools on my chest). No night terrors, sleep well otherwise. Sheets have to be changed once per week at least or they stink. Is this a precursor to any disease?
Do you take any meds - performance enhancing drinks - Megga dose of vitamins ?
I would def get checked out by the doctor and get a CBC, such cancers progress like this,
Any weight loss, fevers?
Cayenne pepper does it for me. Seriously. I love spicy food, but I have discovered over time that it gives me night sweats. Go figure. Aint getting old grand? But, yes, it can be a sign of other things mentioned in other posts.
For what it is worth I have sweated in my bed like you describe and then I switched to a light comforter from a medium comforter with duvet cover and I have been fine ever since.
So, you’re doing the typical diagnosis by searching for someone with similar symptoms who had a completely benign condition and giving yourself the same diagnosis and prognosis. Too bad that similarity of symptoms doesn’t always yield the same condition. All sorts of things can cause night sweats ranging from the completely benign ‘your room is too warm, you have too many layers’ to the more insidious lymphoma, tuberculosis, etc.
You won’t find an answer in symptom comparison–you’ll only find a false sense of security. If it really worries you, see your doctor. If you’re a betting kind of guy, go with the odds that it’s nothing and don’t look into it at all. But don’t kid yourself that even if 99% of the ST’ers had night sweats with a benign origin that you’re necessarily in that group. Someone’s got to have the cancers.
I had the same thing, plus boughts with insomnia, for the past 15 years. I went to the doc to rule out all the possible issues mentioned in this thread. That is the essential first step.
Once those were ruled out, and I was diagnosed with insomnia, the only options given to me were Rx sleeping pills for the sleep issues.
In January, I picked up an acupuncture clinic as a new client. During one of our meetings, I mentioned my sleep issues and night sweats. They said they could help. I started acupuncture in mid-February and I have had ZERO night sweats since. I have had zero incidents of insomnia and am finally sleeping for the first time in my life.
I am NOT advocating acupuncture over a full check-up from your doc. Rule out all the other possibilities first. Assuming you do get a clean bill of health, check out acupuncture for the night sweats.
i have had pretty severe night sweats for 10+ years. Probably 1/2 of the time I am wet enough that i have to change clothes, 25% i’m so soaked i have to also change sheets. It’s rarer that i DON’T sweat alot when i sleep than that i do. I am 35 y.o. female in very good shape (typically training for 1/2 IMs and marathons). I went to a doctor about 5 years ago who had me get an abdominal CT scan to rule out Hodgkins lymphoma, which it did (rule out). So, I just buy extra sets of sleep clothes and sheets and consider myself lucky to have a high metabolism?! 
Easy answer for me. I get the PJ and sheet soaking night sweats when I ramp up my training. Took me a couple of years, but I’ve identified a 100% correlation.
In early spring when I start to add serious volume to my cycling I get them for a couple of weeks as I adapt to the training load.
In late spring when I begin to add some intensity/speed to my running I get them, and then they decrease as I again adapt to the training load.
In early summer when I start adding serious intensity combined with volume to my cycling they come back for a few weeks.
And then, in the fall as I peak for key races and both my running and cycling are at their most intense (even though I’m tapering off the volume), the night sweats are at their “worst”.
I just sleep with a ceiling fan or next-to-the-bed box fan blowing on me on a very low setting.
Sorry, I’m not a doctor and I don’t even play one on TV. I don’t even own a TV.
So give my testimony and experience as much credence as an actor testifying before Congress.