What causes cold sweats all over the body?

There are many reasons that lead to cold sweats all over the body, including both medical reasons and psychological reasons. For example, excessive psychological stimulation and excessive psychological influence, such as excessive fear, etc., may cause such phenomenon. In addition, it may also be caused by spontaneous sweating, which is related to the weak physical constitution. Autonomic nervous system dysfunction can also easily cause such phenomenon.

What causes cold sweats all over the body?

One of the reasons: The symptoms of spontaneous sweating are usually related to physical weakness or autonomic nervous system dysfunction. Sweating is a normal physiological phenomenon. It regulates body temperature, adjusts body fluids, and excretes waste from the body. However, excessive sweating will lead to the loss of trace elements in the body, resulting in a series of symptoms.

Reason 2: There are two causes of cold sweats. The first is that the body has excessive yin and insufficient yang. Long-term cold sweats are caused by excessive yin in the body. In this case, Chinese medicine can be used for conditioning. The other is that the sympathetic nerve excitement caused by fright, excessive emotional tension, etc., which is mostly short-term. When the fright stimulus disappears, the cold sweat will stop. It is a stress response.

Reason three: There are many reasons for night sweats. First of all, it is caused by heart disease, diabetes, tuberculosis, cancer, various rheumatic diseases, physical weakness after illness, or difficulty breathing during sleep. This is because the internal pressure of the body causes the sympathetic nerves to be in a state of tension all the time, resulting in phenomena such as "night sweats" or "cold sweats on hands and feet".

What to do if you have cold sweats all over your body

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that "sweat is the fluid of the heart". If night sweats do not stop for a long time, the heart yin is severely damaged and should be actively treated. While receiving treatment, you should also pay special attention to self-care. The main points are as follows: (1) While taking medication, you should strengthen necessary physical exercise, develop regular living habits, and pay attention to the combination of work and rest.

(2) In terms of diet, one should find out the dietary rules that are beneficial or harmful to one’s condition and adopt the dietary therapy that best suits one’s condition. Patients with yin deficiency, blood heat, and yin deficiency and hyperactivity of fire should abstain from spicy and irritating foods, avoid drinking alcohol, and eat more fresh vegetables that nourish yin and clear heat, so that the secretory function of the sweat glands can be restored firmly on the basis of body health. (3) When conditions permit, adjust the temperature and humidity of the living environment appropriately. For example, the living environment of those with yin deficiency and blood heat should be slightly cooler. (4) The patient’s bedding, bed boards, pajamas, etc. should be washed or air-dried regularly to keep them dry, and the patient should take a bath regularly to reduce the irritation of sweat to the skin. (5) For patients with severe night sweats and long-term bedriddenness, family members should pay special attention to strengthening care to avoid bedsores. Also pay attention to the patient's complexion, consciousness, and sweating amount, and report any special changes to the doctor in time.