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Anyone with head sweating, dripping water with no to little exertion?

Posted by ae2024 @ae2024, Mar 1, 2024

Post Covid I developed head sweating with little to no exertion. Sometimes my forehead turns red and hot, sometimes cheeks, sometimes only one cheek. At work my hair is completely saturated with sweat. The sweat drips into my eyes burning them, drips off my face.
My doctors are saying it’s long haul Covid, but labs aren’t showing any abnormalities.
Does anyone have any ideas of labs, testing that could diagnose and/or cure this?

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redpanda0617 | @redpanda0617 | Aug 17 12:36pm

I didn't get vaccinated until 2022. And since then I have excessive head and face sweating without much exertion.

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martyschutt | @martyschutt | Aug 17 12:59pm
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I have had the same sweating, but also including my forearms, chest, and legs. It always starts on the head and face though. I have found no doctor that has any idea.

If I can get air blowing on my face and head or whole body, in a short period of a few minutes, I see change and improvement. This period of time is not long enough to have an impact normally with the volume of sweating present in all my prior "normal" life precovid experiences.

It would seem this is a reactive response to a nerve signal which then is repeated inadvertantly or the receiving body system is misinterpretting the signal. The sweating is fast. I can be totally comfortable then a few minutes later, heavy sweating. I do not have "to do" anything. But, I note that most of the time the room or where I am may "feel" slightly warm. If I walk slowly three to five minutes, even when it is cold, it also begins. Yes, I see the redness also.

Some type of normal response in the body has been vastly modified or better stated, excellerated in time response and sweat volume.

For myself, this has been occuring several years through multiple infections and multiple Long Covid episodes.

Flowing air, preferred cold, has rapid impact. Stationary, even cold air, has little impact. An over response is needed to the over response....

Justin

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I have excessive sweating in morning after coffee but also thruout day. I'm 79 years old recent widow in Seattle

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khrubes1950 | @khrubes1950 | Sep 2 5:31am

During 2025 from August thru June I experienced a bleeding ulcer, salmonella and covid. Prior to these events I had head sweating that was bothersome but tolerable Now with any exertion or being in a warm environment its like a faucet has turned on my head litterally have a soaking wet head (I have quite short hair) and sweat dripping off ringlets of hair. I am just at the stage of seeing a dermatologist in the near future for help and my general practicioner has no idea what my problem is. Any recommendations and success stories that this venue might offer to me?

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frking | @frking | Sep 3 10:32am

I finally found relief by taking Glycopyrrolate, 2mg. I am retired and I now only take it when I am going to be in the company of other people. It started after I had Covid and it was finally my dermatologist who prescribed this. Previously I had been put in an SSRI and it did help a bit. The sweating has diminished over time.

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jgk177 | @jgk177 | Sep 4 6:02pm
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I know this is from a couple of years ago, but I finally feel relief. I thought I was losing my mind. It started after I had the first Covid (Delta). I had it pretty consistently but after 3 years it has gotten a tiny bit better. Then I started a new job and it kicked right back in to full on dripping perspiration from my face.

The main concern for me is the perspiring around the eyes. It’s like a tap has been turned on.

I don’t want to take steroids but I saw someone had tried Botox and it helped. Would love to hear ideas from anyone who’s gone through this.

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@chifi I'm so sorry to hear its so intense for you. I break out into a sweat for no reason. Mostly head and face.. I found that following a low histamine diet has helped. I have some form of MCAS so I started following a low histamine diet and noticed the "flash" happens less frequently.

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