Profuse sweating

Posted by asolidrock @asolidrock, Jun 23 8:42pm

I just started having episodes of profuse sweating at times while outside or even in cold environments
I don't have fluctuations in hot flashes much anymore; this is something totally different I meaning sweat like I'm out in the rain. Does any one have these issues.

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Actually, it is a side-effect of low testosterone caused by ADT drugs.

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I figured that

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Even this morning after some coffee, I noticed myself starting to warm up.

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Better today, but yesterday starting to feel warm meant I might start sweating too.

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All yall need to come to louisiana for a crayfish boil with a glass of good sweet tea

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I had profuse sweating 24 hours per day for the first 9 months after stopping Lupron. The cold swats were the worst as they were more difficult to dry off. At 11 months I still have hot and cold sweats, but they are barely noticeable. Maybe I have just learned to live with them.

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We need to know a bit more about you, your cancer, and treatment thus far. It sounds like you might be on some form of ADT. If not, and your prostate has been removed and you are otherwise cancer-free, are you taking any additional "new" medicines? You may have an allergy to that medication.
If all of the above is not applicable, then I suggest going to your physician for a routine CBC, CRP, Comprehensive Metabolic Panel ("Chem panel"), and a Urinalysis that is collected sterile so it can be cultured in case there are bacteria present in your urine = UTI = fever). The CBC will show whether you have a high or low White Blood Cell Count (WBC), and what the WBC "Differential" reveals. The Differential enumerates the different types of White Blood Cells, and would include the presence of any immature cells, which could be indicative of a far more serious concern. I won't go there yet...no need to worry prematurely. The CRP (C-Reactive Protein) is a non-specific indicator of an immune/inflammatory response "somewhere" in your body. Also...
Have you been on a vacation lately to central California or the mid-West? There are certain febrile diseases that are endemic to those areas (carried/contacted by dust) that you can contract and take home with you. If you were a mountainous area, did you drink any river, creek, or lake water that you did not boil or otherwise treat/disinfect? Do your symptoms include stomach ache-like distress? Do you have diarrhea? You can pickup a common parasite (Giardia) from such water sources. If you have Giardia or any parasite, your CBC Differential would reveal a higher than normal percentage of Eosinophils which are cells that respond to parasitic infections and any allergic/immune problems.
Please follow up and let me know. Most of all...let your doctor know, and ask for the tests that I mention above. I was a former Director of Clinical and Anatomical Pathology services (a.k.a. "the Lab") in hospitals, so I dealt with this on a daily basis.

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We need to know a bit more about you, your cancer, and treatment thus far. It sounds like you might be on some form of ADT. If not, and your prostate has been removed and you are otherwise cancer-free, are you taking any additional "new" medicines? You may have an allergy to that medication.
If all of the above is not applicable, then I suggest going to your physician for a routine CBC, CRP, Comprehensive Metabolic Panel ("Chem panel"), and a Urinalysis that is collected sterile so it can be cultured in case there are bacteria present in your urine = UTI = fever). The CBC will show whether you have a high or low White Blood Cell Count (WBC), and what the WBC "Differential" reveals. The Differential enumerates the different types of White Blood Cells, and would include the presence of any immature cells, which could be indicative of a far more serious concern. I won't go there yet...no need to worry prematurely. The CRP (C-Reactive Protein) is a non-specific indicator of an immune/inflammatory response "somewhere" in your body. Also...
Have you been on a vacation lately to central California or the mid-West? There are certain febrile diseases that are endemic to those areas (carried/contacted by dust) that you can contract and take home with you. If you were a mountainous area, did you drink any river, creek, or lake water that you did not boil or otherwise treat/disinfect? Do your symptoms include stomach ache-like distress? Do you have diarrhea? You can pickup a common parasite (Giardia) from such water sources. If you have Giardia or any parasite, your CBC Differential would reveal a higher than normal percentage of Eosinophils which are cells that respond to parasitic infections and any allergic/immune problems.
Please follow up and let me know. Most of all...let your doctor know, and ask for the tests that I mention above. I was a former Director of Clinical and Anatomical Pathology services (a.k.a. "the Lab") in hospitals, so I dealt with this on a daily basis.

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Thanks for your concern.; that was a lot to absorb in my tiny brain. I'll try to decipher it all and talk to my oncologist upon next visit.

Thanks again

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All yall need to come to louisiana for a crayfish boil with a glass of good sweet tea

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Hey let's all get together next year for a crayfish boil; don't know how it will work out but I'm sure we can figure it out.

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