Weak and cold sweats for three hours after I play one hour of racketball

[carolnoel1209]

I am a 55 year old woman in very good health.  I play racketball with a friend twice a week.  We play consistently for one hour.  Afterwards I am very sweaty and I feel weak.  No body part hurts but it takes me about three hours to stop the cold sweats and the shaking.  I have low blood pressure and low blood sugar but I eat before I play.  Do you know why it takes me three hours to recover for one hour of racketball?

[Gio77Italy]

Adrenaline insufficiency I read is linked with auto-immune disorders but I don't know if it has anything to do with thyroid...

interference in Acethylcoline is one of the possible causes of excessive sweating.

try to consult a Neurologist!

[carolnoel1209]

Okay, so this is my list of what is wrong with me:  I do have hypoglycemia, low blood pressure, no thyroid gland, and chronic fatigue syndrome plus activity induced asthma but the more I play, the less I break out into cold sweats.  I thank you very much for your wonderful knowledge.

[carolnoel1209]

How interesting that you said what you said.  I am an asthmatic with activity induced asthma.  My racketball partner is my daugher's mother-in-law who is the head nurse out in the Antelope Valley. She said the best thing I can do is to let my body struggle for breath as long as I do not have an asthma attack.  I also have very low blood pressure.  Thank you so much for your reply.

[carolnoel1209]

Thank you for your response.  I do not have a thyroid gland due to Hashimoto's Disease and I have low blood pressure.  I also have chronic fatigue syndrome so at 55 I am just going to shake and feel chills, I guess.

[Gio77Italy]

That's right you should see a Cardiologist do
Cardiac stress test
EKG
Ecocardiogram

Also it appears that Adrenal insufficiency can cause those symptoms, I guess it is typically related with physical and mental stress. (Adrenal fatigue?)

[caregiver222]

The second possibility is hyoglycemia, which is low blood sugar. Sweats and shakes can be a prelude to a diabetic coma. Thus it would also be prudent to get a glucose meter and check your levels following exercise. Levels below 70 generally cause similar symptoms.

[caregiver222]

Cold sweats following excercise are a hallmark of cardiac ischemia. When the heart is not getting enough oxygen and goes into deficit, cold sweats sometimes appear, especially on the forehead.  This not a "heart attack". There is not necessarily damage to the myocardium. This can happen with asthmatics. The sweats will continue as long as there is oxygen deficit. Often there is a co-factor, such as anemia. Or low blood pressure. This does not necessarily mean this is the reason, however it is the most likely etiology. It might be worthwhile to arrange a stress EKG and cardiac evaluation.

[Gio77Italy]

Abnormal sweating can be caused by a neurological disorder, a problem in the spinal cord which in turn could be triggered by a blood circulation problem.

also by some bacterial infections and a few other things, not very many. (I'm not a Doctor)

did you feel cold? was weakness like fatigue or just the muscles weren't responding. take detailed note of this episode.