What is the difference between spontaneous sweating and night sweats?

Because our bodies have some sweat glands, in daily life, we will basically sweat wherever there are sweat glands. This situation often occurs in men, while women rarely sweat in large quantities. This is due to the differences in body structure and physiological structure between men and women. So the question is, what is the difference between spontaneous sweating and night sweats in medicine?

The difference between night sweats and spontaneous sweating

Both night sweats and spontaneous sweating involve excessive sweating, but there are differences between them. Spontaneous sweating means sweating a lot during the day, while night sweats means sweating a lot after falling asleep at night, but no sweating after waking up. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that night sweats are generally caused by yin deficiency. Yin deficiency will cause internal heat, and the body's body fluids will evaporate to the outside, causing excessive sweating.

Night sweats are common in the following diseases

1. Yin deficiency and excessive fire: Night sweats are more common in people with Yin deficiency and excessive fire. In addition to night sweats, people with Yin deficiency and excessive fire generally have red cheeks, hot palms and feet, hot flashes in the afternoon, thirst, irritability and insomnia, yellow urine, dry stools and other accompanying symptoms. You can usually use raw rehmannia, ophiopogon, schisandra, codonopsis, lily, etc. to make tea instead of tea, and drink it frequently to nourish yin and reduce fire.

2. Excessive dampness and heat in the body: Excessive dampness and heat in the body can also cause night sweats. People with too much dampness and heat in the body may also have night sweats, red face, bitter taste in the mouth, irritability, yellow urine, yellow sclera of the eyes, and even yellow sweat.

3. Modern medicine believes that hyperthyroidism can cause night sweats, which is manifested by increased nerve excitability. Overexcitement of the sympathetic nerves can cause heat intolerance, excessive sweating, and night sweats.

4. The main reason for excessive sweating in diabetic patients is autonomic nervous system dysfunction and sympathetic nerve excitement, which leads to enhanced secretion of sweat glands. In addition, increased blood sugar metabolism rate is also one of the reasons for excessive sweating in diabetic patients.

5. One of the symptoms of tuberculosis poisoning is night sweats, which is the result of the toxins and other metabolites of tuberculosis bacteria stimulating the central nervous system, leading to dysfunction of the autonomic nervous system.

6. Diseases such as hypertension, hypoglycemia, menopausal syndrome, endocarditis, as well as physical weakness, mental tension, and psychological pressure after surgery may cause night sweats.

7. For patients after surgery and pregnant women, excessive blood loss may cause autonomic nervous dysfunction, resulting in abnormal opening and closing of sweat pores and leakage of sweat, and may also cause night sweats.