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Post Covid sweating: Is this common for others too?

Posted by dr4bama @dr4bama, Jul 14, 2022

I am experiencing profuse sweating off during the day and nightly. Is this common post Covid?

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vax | @vax | Sep 25, 2023
In reply to @lannisolochek "Hi @dr4bama - welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. Sweating does seem to be a pretty common..." + (show)
@lannisolochek

Hi @dr4bama - welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect.

Sweating does seem to be a pretty common side effect of COVID-19, unfortunately. I know it can get very uncomfortable throughout the day!
Others have discussed ongoing fevers with sweating as a side effect on this discussion post, you may find it helpful to read through:
- Fevers weeks after COVID: Is this common with long COVID? https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/fevers-weeks-after-covid/

Have you continued to have a fever at all in your recovery? Have any other symptoms continued?

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I'm usually a very "cold natured" person but when I had Covid this last time wearing anything more than undergarments made me feel like I was wearing a full length fur coat in the summer sun.

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birdiemomma | @birdiemomma | Sep 27, 2023
In reply to @gracevu "I am still facing the sweating, shortage of breath and tired daily after 10 months! If..." + (show)
@gracevu

I am still facing the sweating, shortage of breath and tired daily after 10 months! If you or others have good sharing, please do so. Thank you.

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Exactly! If anyone has found any successful treatments for the heavy sweating, shortness of breath, and fatigue (any of those symptoms), I would be very interested!

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cdmarshall | @cdmarshall | Sep 28, 2023
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@birdiemomma

Has anyone found anything that helps profuse sweating?

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I posted this a couple of months ago:

My husband started oddly/unusually sweating during his first covid infection and then the sweating and other symptoms (painful cold sensations, brain fog, irritability, weepiness, weight loss) became personally and professionally debilitating after his second covid infection and vaccinations.
It’s been over 1.5 years now. He’s been seen by many specialists, had multiple tests and studies done, tried various medications and still no diagnosis.

Someone on here posted about the medication, Oxybutynin to help reduce sweating. This has been life changing for my husband! It doesn’t eliminate what we call “episodes” where he still feels many of the symptoms, but it has stopped the majority of the sweating. He’s taking 15mg extended release once daily and no longer changing clothes up to 4 times daily.

I highly recommend researching it and talking to your doctor to hopefully get some relief from the constant sweating.

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pkh3381 | @pkh3381 | Sep 28, 2023

I am 77yo and I have told friends that, if it were possible, I may be going through a second menopause, with the way I sweat! LOL! Honestly, it is really bad and I hadn't thought that it may be related to my Covid bouts. Interesting. I have had three long Covid bouts since the end of January and I am left with so many Covid "leftovers". I will add this to my list! 😉
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dyannhill | @dyannhill | Sep 28, 2023
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@dyannhill

Me too feels like a fever

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Me too....

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birdiemomma | @birdiemomma | Oct 2, 2023
In reply to @cdmarshall "I posted this a couple of months ago: My husband started oddly/unusually sweating during his first..." + (show)
@cdmarshall

I posted this a couple of months ago:

My husband started oddly/unusually sweating during his first covid infection and then the sweating and other symptoms (painful cold sensations, brain fog, irritability, weepiness, weight loss) became personally and professionally debilitating after his second covid infection and vaccinations.
It’s been over 1.5 years now. He’s been seen by many specialists, had multiple tests and studies done, tried various medications and still no diagnosis.

Someone on here posted about the medication, Oxybutynin to help reduce sweating. This has been life changing for my husband! It doesn’t eliminate what we call “episodes” where he still feels many of the symptoms, but it has stopped the majority of the sweating. He’s taking 15mg extended release once daily and no longer changing clothes up to 4 times daily.

I highly recommend researching it and talking to your doctor to hopefully get some relief from the constant sweating.

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Thank you. I'll talk to the doctor about it. Is it a prescription where you are?

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islandelf | @islandelf | Oct 2, 2023
In reply to @frouke "I had covid last November 2022 and I started sweating profusely along with hot patches on..." + (show)
@frouke

I had covid last November 2022 and I started sweating profusely along with hot patches on my torso and palpitations, I compared it to menopause on steroids. Research indicates it was a common side effect of Omicron. Of course I felt some comfort in numbers but the problem is not going away.. I seem to go in cycles where I have a few good days and then it starts again. I’m having trouble going outside with this condition, when it’s cold weather you’re frightened being outside and a sweat attack comes on and you’re soaking wet under your clothes. I have 4 grandchildren and it’s been so hard for me to visit with them, they were already worried about me since they learned from their parents that I had cancer. Honestly, I look rather thin but I always put on a good show for them so not to add worries, they have been through a lot like most young people and children. I am also going to take another vaccine in May, I do have some concern if this will have a negative effect on my covid symptoms, I guess I’ll have to wait and see.

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I joined this group because I have annoying neuropathy in both my feet, sometimes traveling up to my knees. But now I have a new one for everybody. I had a positive Covid-19 test on Sept. 28. I was pretty much self trating, was able to get a doctors appt. (PA) today. It was suggested that I get an infusion. The one that medicare approves of or of course the more expensive one. I choose the medicare approved one. While I was waiting I got extremely hot, so they bought me some water and turned on a desk fan. When they tried to put the needle in, I started to faint and asked them to stop. I was given a z-pack and predisone. That was today and tonight, I started getting hot off and on, and think I was having hot flashes. I am 79. I can't find out much on the web, but it does appear that hot flashes are a common sign in the UK of Omicron BA.5 (1 in 10) are suffering hot flushes. Has any one else experience this?

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islandelf | @islandelf | Oct 2, 2023
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@jessicareads

My Covid was many many months ago but I continue to have hot flashes and heavy sweating. I never was a person who did much sweating even in heat or activity before this. I really hope it will go away at some point in the future.

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Same here. I am into Covid day five and the hot flashes just began. Don't know if it was the medication of the Covid.

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renee1683 | @renee1683 | Oct 6, 2023
In reply to @mjurkiewicz78 "Ever since I had COVID-19 in late July 2022 I am sweating profusely! It’s literally to..." + (show)
@mjurkiewicz78

Ever since I had COVID-19 in late July 2022 I am sweating profusely! It’s literally to the point where all the hair on my head gets soaking wet and I’m dripping from my forehead, and just from doing very light intensity tasks like vacuuming, or even drying off after a shower. I’ve always been a sweaty guy, and am overweight. I could also be in better shape, but this never happened before I had COVID-19.
I have seen advice and posts related to this occurring with a fever, but I do not have any fever.
The nurses at my doctor’s office didn’t think this is COVID-19 related, and didn’t seem too concerned about it. My doc just shrugged and said “might be”.
I’m wondering if anyone else has experienced this intense sweating after COVID-19, or if it’s just coincidence I’m experiencing related to something else? Thanks for taking the time to read!

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I am currently having these same symptoms. I am not overweight, but my boyfriend is, and he caught Covid from me. It wears both of us out. I am still running low grade fevers every few days. It has been over 30 days since we came down with it. I think we got the newest variant on September 3, 2023. The profuse sweating is awful. I am still needing lots of sleep. I am lucky to be retired, and I can sleep for 12 hours at night.

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