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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@kmbailey72

Profuse sweating - I haven't found it listed as a side effect anywhere. Do I have bouts of profuse sweating because I have/had a fever? My temp usually runs around 97.6.

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similar but only 5 days with Covid. had vaccine & booster. should be less severe as i understand it.

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@kmbailey72

I'm not sure what you mean by 'long covid'?

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long term covid: refers to long-term symptoms even when Covid has passed. This is a very weird virus.

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I had serious sweating when I had the original Wuhan variant in 2/20. I’m still dealing with breathing issues and occasional sweats when my symptoms kick up but the serious sweating lasted almost 2 years 24/7. Now this was before any vaccines or covid treatments so I don’t know about the newer variants but sweating is a side effect of many viruses and covid is one of them.

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Covid Dec 2020 and Sept 2021 and while many things are improving finally, I still get night sweats and occasional sweating during the day. Pre Covid that never happened. In fact lack of perspiration was a problem sometimes before Covid.

Try to reduce inflammation in your body with diet exercise , drinking water, sunlight to increase those vit D levels and look to see if there are triggers , something consistent you do eat or drink or even times of day ahead of these sweating episodes.

Make sure you follow with you primary care and that they are aware of these issues so they can run appropriate labs or other testing and rule out other causes too.

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@chrissy188

I had Covid in February 2021 during the "big freeze" in Texas. I didn't even know I was sick until I lost my ability to taste and smell. It wasn't until that summer that I realized I was unable to tolerate heat as well as I used to. I would be out mowing or doing my other ranch work and would have to stop because I would start feeling sick from the heat. I also noticed that when I would be sitting in the house watching TV, I would all of a sudden break into a sweat and then it would stop. I went to a gathering at a friend's house. It was in July 2021. The house was air conditioned and felt comfortable. After awhile, with all the people in the room, it became a little warm. I began feeling a little nauseous and ended up lying on the cool tile of the bathroom floor. I am still bothered by the heat. I even skipped the gathering today at my friend's house because I'm afraid of a repeat performance. It is much hotter this July than last year. For now, I try to tolerate the heat by wetting down overshirt and hat and keeping a wet kerchief around my neck before going out to do my chores. I keep plenty of water and sports drinks close by. I'm sitting at my desk writing this and just broke into a sweat. I haven't been running any fevers when it happens. It sure would be nice if this and the other long haul symptoms would disappear. I don't have time for this!

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You are not alone! I had it during the big freeze as well. The sweating is crazy, my arms will start to tingle then all of a sudden I'll just start sweating. Anywhere, comfortable setting, not hot, sitting doing nothing and no stressful situations.
I also smell like something is burning.
That is not so constant.
I asked my doc for a referral for an endocrinologist. I was refused. Gotta stop the madness since I never sweat before. Thanks for sharing take care.

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never had Covid, but contracted a similar debilitating viral SARS a year before Covid came to US. Had night sweats for three years after infection.

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@lcrewdson

You are not alone! I had it during the big freeze as well. The sweating is crazy, my arms will start to tingle then all of a sudden I'll just start sweating. Anywhere, comfortable setting, not hot, sitting doing nothing and no stressful situations.
I also smell like something is burning.
That is not so constant.
I asked my doc for a referral for an endocrinologist. I was refused. Gotta stop the madness since I never sweat before. Thanks for sharing take care.

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Since I have started my supplements, read my other posts, the burning smell comes and goes, but is mostly gone. The sweating is embarrassing, but again, it is much better. Actually, anti depressants help with the sweating. If you research this post, there is an excellent article from The NY Times, and also many from other sources online. It seems your doctor is a non-believer in post covid. How can he deny you? If you have insurance, I would call them and see what they say, or find another doctor.

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I’ve had Covid twice and those drenching sweats just don’t seem to stop for about a year. I’m now in my second Covid cycle and the sweats are unchanged.

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Hospitalized for Covid with pneumonia in Dec 2022. Nine months later I still have issues with smell and taste - either bad or none for both. Also have heat intolerance with profuse sweating. PreCovid I seldom sweat - even when exercising. Thankfully, so far, sweating issue is mostly daytime. I’m 74 and a Type 2 diabetic.

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@smernigegm

I’ve had Covid twice and those drenching sweats just don’t seem to stop for about a year. I’m now in my second Covid cycle and the sweats are unchanged.

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I am taking 60 Mg of Duloxetine twice a day for the sweating. As long as I stay on schedule I can almost always stay dry--except if I'm really exerting myself, and even a short walk is sometimes an exertion. The profuse sweating when I'm with other people has been so embarrassing. Once, for three hours while playing cards, I just dripped and my face was red. Ugh!

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