Night Sweats in older adults
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other diagnoses include: thyroid disorder sleep apnea esophogeal reflux lymphoma cardiac disease normal variant
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Have your mom get her thyroid checked. Night sweats are one symptom of Graves’ disease. Good luck. Ann
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It seems far-fetched, but the two things that come to mind are: 1) Thyroid–the first sign of Graves’ disease for me was night sweats. 2) Hormonal–as in menopause–has she been taking hormones? Changing them? 3) I know I said two things, but I think she needs to keep asking her doctor till she gets a reasonable answer,,,or switch doctors… Keep us posted. Ann
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I seem to remember reading somewhere that night sweats can be a symptom of Hodgkins disease. I sincerely hope not, in your relative’s case, as it is not good news. Something else for you to look up though, I suppose. Best wishes, J. Burgess
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Can someone help me with information on Night Sweats? My 77-year-old mother, who has never slept well to begin with, has in the past six or so months begun experiencing night sweats that awaken her and require her to get up and completely change the bed. She doesn’t have AIDS, and her doctor suggests tuberculosis as the only other source of night sweats that he knows of. She is negative on TB also. So, I’m researching night sweats in older adults here on the Internet. So far I’ve found nothing with my WWW searches. Can anyone help? Many thanks. Paul Hildebrand Staunton, VA
