{"id":2145,"date":"2018-11-30T09:33:38","date_gmt":"2018-11-30T14:33:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nlw2011.wpengine.com\/?p=2145"},"modified":"2025-01-10T20:34:55","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T20:34:55","slug":"the-truth-about-your-night-sweats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newleafcenters.com\/blog\/the-truth-about-your-night-sweats\/","title":{"rendered":"The Truth About Your Night Sweats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b style=\"color: var(--awb-color7); font-family: 'PT Sans';\" data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"PT Sans\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"400\">Waking Up Drenched in Sweat?<\/b><\/p>\n<article class=\"m_-678710520171662942gmail-m_8670897029770688423gmail-left\">\n<div class=\"m_-678710520171662942gmail-m_8670897029770688423gmail-article-section m_-678710520171662942gmail-m_8670897029770688423gmail-top-article-section\">\n<div class=\"m_-678710520171662942gmail-m_8670897029770688423gmail-main-image\">\n<div class=\"m_-678710520171662942gmail-m_8670897029770688423gmail-image-inner\">\n<div class=\"m_-678710520171662942gmail-m_8670897029770688423gmail-photo-caption\">\n<section class=\"m_-678710520171662942gmail-m_8670897029770688423gmail-field-body\">If you wake up drenched in sweat, think of your armpits as evidence. You do not have to do sleuthing to figure out what is prompting your perspiration. Night Sweats. Therefore, we are uncovering the truth about your night sweats and what your body is really telling you.<\/section>\n<p>Firstly, night sweats are common. In a study published in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.annfammed.org\/\"><em>Annals of Family Medicine<\/em><\/a>, one-third of primary care patients reported night sweats during the past month. <em>Your body is signaling to you, are you listening?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;However, no one knows exactly how common the condition is, because most sufferers of night sweats never report the symptom to their doctor&#8221;, says study author James Mold, M.D., a professor of family medicine at the University of Oklahoma. <em>Think of night sweats as smoke detector going off in the home, it means time find the root of the alarm.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"--fontsize: 22; line-height: 1.09; --minfontsize: 22; font-family: 'PT Sans';\" data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"PT Sans\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"400\"><b style=\"color: var(--awb-color7); font-size: 16px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">Could Night Sweats Be Hormonal?<\/b><\/h4>\n<p>In a literature review published in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jabfm.org\/\"><em>Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine<\/em><\/a>, Dr. Mold and his colleagues revealed that several factors increase the likelihood of night sweats including: panic attacks, sleep problems, fever, numbness in hands and feet, anxiety and stress, and trouble breathing at night. <em>Night sweats may also be a symptom of unbalanced hormones.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Much like hot flashes, low <b>estrogen<\/b> effects the hypothalamus is often specifically what causes <b>night sweats<\/b> in women. The hypothalamus is the part of the brain that controls appetite, body temperature, sleep and sex <b>hormones.<\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8220;No night sweats or hot flashes anymore. More energy!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8211; <i style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">Rhonda S., New Leaf Wellness Patient, <a href=\"https:\/\/newleafcenters.com\/women\/testimonials\/\">see more testimonials &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>So, it&#8217;s important to us to <em>live your best life<\/em>. We provide a variety of health and wellness services personalized to your body&#8217;s deficiencies.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"--fontsize: 22; line-height: 1.09; --minfontsize: 22; font-family: 'PT Sans'; font-size: 16px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"><b style=\"color: var(--awb-color7);\">Not Just Women Experience Night Sweats&#8230;<\/b><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\"><em>It is a common misconception that only women experience night sweats. <\/em>When men experience low testosterone levels like <a href=\"https:\/\/newleafcenters.com\/testosterone-and-fatigue\/\">andropausal,<\/a> it commonly causes false signals to the hypothalamus producing night sweats. Additionally, men with high cortisol (stress) levels, poor diet and a sedentary lifestyle which can contribute to <\/span>night sweats.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8220;<span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">It is putting me in balance, and I am becoming active again.&#8221; <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">&#8211; <\/span><em style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">David B., New Leaf Wellness Patient, <a href=\"https:\/\/newleafcenters.com\/men\/testimonials\/\">see more testimonials &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Conclusively, if you wake up in a pool of sweat almost every night, you should give us a call at New Leaf Wellness to get your hormones checked.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Try our free assessment to check for your own hormonal balance. Click the appropriate link below to take the assessment and your results will be shown immediately!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newleafcenters.com\/women\/take-our-tests\/hormone-test\/\">Hormone Health Assessment For WOMEN<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newleafcenters.com\/men\/take-our-tests\/hormone-test\/\">Hormone Health Assessment For MEN<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Waking Up Drenched in Sweat? If you wake up drenched in sweat, think of your armpits as evidence. You do not have to do sleuthing to figure out what is prompting your perspiration. Night Sweats. Therefore, we are uncovering the truth about your night sweats and what your body is really telling you. 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