Excesive sweating for no reason

[Cannonball1980]

32 M 148 lbs 5'9" For about two years now I have been experiencing incredibly odd excessive sweating. The sweating comes out pretty much every inch of my body - head, chest, shoulders, arms, back, legs, etc. Nothing in particular tend to bring on the sweating sometimes I'll just be watching tv, driving in the car, reading. I'll often wake up in the middle of the night sweating as well, often needing to urinate as well. Sometimes it seems to be triggered by external temperature changes that don't make sense, like going into a colder temp will trigger it and being in a warm room or hot shower will make it stop, sometimes sitting in front of a fan will stop it as well after between 5 and 20 minutes. The sweating is so bad that my clothing will be completely soaked worse than coming out of a rainstorm. I'm in very good athletic shape and exercise (cardio and weight lifting) 6 days a week, and I sweat less during an hour of exercise than one of these episodes. Tinnitus and difficulty breathing(it feels like sinuses are inflamed) can sometime accompany the sweating. Moments before the sweating begins i usually feel a warm, tingling sensation encompass my entire body.

I am on no medications neither prescribed nor OTC. I occasionally take benadryl for my pollen/dust allergies, and on very rare occasions advil for pain. I consume alcohol maybe once a month at most and in very low quantities. My diet is well balanced and largely consists of natural/organic foods. All symptoms began following a move into a basement apartment I have resided in for the past two years. I've had blood tests done to see if it related to thyroid and nothing came up. There is no panic/anxiety associated with it. Just unnatural, excessive, embarrassing, gross sweating.

[silverfox67]

She went to a different doctor who discovered the lead in her hair and saliva samples.  then her husband (handyman) checked the pipes under the house. She won't be well in this system of things.... But she is doing better with the meds and chelation. - Incidentally, you can do some chelation at home - I take EDTA from time to time as it removes some of the iron from my blood and body.  (I have iron overload disease: Hemochromatosis).  But EDTA also removes other heavy metals from the body.  (You then have to supplement with a good multiple vitamin - but that's not hard to do.)  You may have to send away for EDTA as I haven't seen it in health food stores.  I bought mine from Amazon.

[Cannonball1980]

I checked and it seems the tests they run were mainly for thyroid and anemia.

[Cannonball1980]

I drink plenty of water, filtered, not bottled. How did your friend discover the lead poisoning? is there some way to test my water prior to having additional (expensive) tests run on myself.


My biggest problem is that I don't have medical insurance so the costs of ongoing testing isn't cheap.

[silverfox67]

Whoops!  Just had another thought.  It's an old house so it could be the plumbing.  Maybe it has lead or copper pipes.  That could mess up your system.  Lead poisoning?  - A friend recently found she had lead poisoning due to the plumbing in her new home (old house).  I don't know what the doctors are doing for her but some kind of chelation.

[silverfox67]

By the way, do you drink enough water?  And is it bottled or filtered?  Some of our city water contains arsenic, fluoride, chlorine, and other not so good things in it.  Might try switching to better water or investing in a filter.... hope it helps.

[silverfox67]

Wow.  You sure are an enigma.  I hope your doctors find what is causing your problem.  We have a friend (a bit older) who sweats whenever he eats even eating ice cream.  Turned out he had diabetes type 2, needed a pacemaker, and part of his liver was failing.  Had to have a liver transplant.  Not saying this is you... just concerned that your doctors aren't doing what they can.  Please let us know how you fare.

[Cannonball1980]

Yes, I beleive two of the things they did blood tests for were something to do with my thyroid, and my potassium levels.

Cool water doesn't help at all, in fact, drinking cold water or other cold liquids will occasionally trigger one of these episodes.

[silverfox67]

Have you had your Potassium levels checked?  When we perspire, we deplete our Potassium.  I find that taking either Potassium chloride (salt substitute) or Potassium Iodide helps me with "hot flashes" better than hormones or anything else.  I just take a little with ice cold water and that seems to cool me off immediately. - Why you sweat is a mystery that only you and your doctor can solve.  - But try the potassium, it just might be that it's too low.

[Cannonball1980]

This had actually crossed my mind before (hence my reasoning for mentioning the apartment location) i mentioned it to my primary but he immediately dismissed it as "unlikely." At the time, the breathing difficulty was not an issue though, which is why he said it was not a problem. I was also 40 lbs overweight at the time and on a few medications(no meds for a year now,) so I had figured at the time perhaps it was just because I had gotten so out of shape>

I have looked around for any obvious mold, which there is none that I can see, but in an old house like this I'm sure it could be inside the walls, ceiling, etc. I'll be trying for an appointment for this coming week and bring it up to him again.

I'm also concerned because if it is mold, I don't just have myself to worry about but my 4 year old daughter's health as well.

Thanks for the support.

[BluCrystal]

Basement apt?  Have you checked it for MOLD?  Certain molds can cause all sorts of health problems, sometimes even death.  Their spores get into the air you breathe, which is why you become sick.  Please look into this, and see your doctor as well.  Blessings - Blu