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Excessive perspiration during exercise
I am a 58 yo male post CABG 3 1/2 years. I have been a very heavy exerciser for the last 35 doing mostly running and biking. Sometime in the summer after my Feb. surgery, I became aware of a tendency for my head and face to sweat while doing only moderate levels of exercise. I initially attributed it to one of my meds, Altace and Lipitor, but I have been on and off of these over the last three years and the tendency persists. This sweating occurs even in quite cold weather while running when sweating at all seems inappropriate.
I am concerned about the heart connection since excessive sweating is often a sign of an MI. Stress tests 3 mo and 2 year post CABG show a small mostly irreversible perfusion defect in the antero apical area. Cardiologist is not worried since its so small. Could this be the cause of my sweating? Echos have been essentially normal. I would say that the sweating has not progressed markedly over the last three years, although it is no less annoying.
I have also recently been diagnosed with exercise induced Afib which 25 mg of Toprol XL seems to be controlling. The Afib was not seriously impacting my exercise performance except I often had an erratic heartbeat afterwards. Sometimes the erratic HB would persist and an EKG confirmed fib. I am thinking I could be in and out of it often during exercise without knowing it. A friend that has Afib said that sweating about his head and face was his most noticable symptom. Could this have anything to do with my problem? The Toprol has not impacted the sweating.
I am concerned about the heart connection since excessive sweating is often a sign of an MI. Stress tests 3 mo and 2 year post CABG show a small mostly irreversible perfusion defect in the antero apical area. Cardiologist is not worried since its so small. Could this be the cause of my sweating? Echos have been essentially normal. I would say that the sweating has not progressed markedly over the last three years, although it is no less annoying.
I have also recently been diagnosed with exercise induced Afib which 25 mg of Toprol XL seems to be controlling. The Afib was not seriously impacting my exercise performance except I often had an erratic heartbeat afterwards. Sometimes the erratic HB would persist and an EKG confirmed fib. I am thinking I could be in and out of it often during exercise without knowing it. A friend that has Afib said that sweating about his head and face was his most noticable symptom. Could this have anything to do with my problem? The Toprol has not impacted the sweating.
Hi Tom,
Could this be the cause of my sweating?
If you aren't having symptoms of chest pain or shortness of breath it is very unlikely to be of cardiac origin. If you are very worried about it, a stress test with imaging would answer the question. From what you have written above, I do not think your sweating is from ischemia.
Could this have anything to do with my problem? (AF)
You could be having AF during exercise. The easiest solution is to where a monitor when you are working out and check the time of sweating to see if it consistently correlates with the AF.
I hope this helps. thanks for posting.
Could this be the cause of my sweating?
If you aren't having symptoms of chest pain or shortness of breath it is very unlikely to be of cardiac origin. If you are very worried about it, a stress test with imaging would answer the question. From what you have written above, I do not think your sweating is from ischemia.
Could this have anything to do with my problem? (AF)
You could be having AF during exercise. The easiest solution is to where a monitor when you are working out and check the time of sweating to see if it consistently correlates with the AF.
I hope this helps. thanks for posting.
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