Why do I always sweat when I sleep at night?

One day after I went home for the holiday at the end of last semester, I happened to catch my family chatting and heard my aunt telling my mother that she always sweated when she slept at night. At that time, my mother suggested that my aunt go to the hospital to see a Chinese medicine doctor and receive treatment. Not long ago, my aunt happily told me that she stopped sweating when she slept at night recently.

Sweating is a physiological phenomenon, a process by which the body dissipates heat by secreting sweat to maintain normal body temperature. Excessive sweating is called hyperhidrosis, which is divided into physiological and pathological types. The vast majority of infants and young children suffer from physiological hyperhidrosis. In addition, factors such as wearing too many clothes, covering with too thick quilts, and too high or low room temperatures can also cause excessive sweating in young children. Usually, children sweat a lot when they just fall asleep because the excess energy accumulated in the body needs to be released, which is also physiological excessive sweating.

Sweating while sleeping at night is called night sweats. Night sweats is a disease name in Traditional Chinese Medicine. It is a symptom characterized by abnormal sweating after falling asleep and stopping sweating after waking up. There are many reasons for night sweats. In addition to the air circulation conditions in the sleeping environment and whether the bedding is breathable, some diseases such as tuberculosis, endocarditis or malignant tumors such as lymphoma may cause night sweats. In addition, endocrine disorders, such as patients with diabetes and hyperthyroidism, as well as people with emotional disorders and autonomic nervous system disorders, may also cause profuse sweating at night. Night sweats may be caused by qi deficiency or yin deficiency. If the night sweats are caused by qi deficiency, it is generally due to poor vasodilator function, which can be adjusted with Buzhong Yiqi Decoction. Night sweats caused by insufficient heart blood, palpitations and insomnia should be treated with blood nourishing and heart nourishing, and Guipi Decoction should be used for treatment; if it is caused by yin deficiency, the body will have dryness and heat, and there will also be night sweats. At this time, Liuwei Dihuang Pills can be used to improve it. Night sweats caused by yin deficiency and excessive fire, and fever in the five hearts, should be treated with nourishing yin and reducing fire, and Danggui Liuhuang Decoction can be used. However, it is still recommended to be diagnosed by a Chinese medicine practitioner before taking medicine to improve the condition.

My aunt really listened to my mother and went to the hospital to see a Chinese doctor. Until now, my aunt has been full of praise for the Chinese medicine prescription. I am very happy that my aunt has gotten rid of the trouble of night sweats, and I am also relieved that there are doctors in this world who treat patients just for the sake of treating patients. I am very grateful to the doctor whom I have never met, even though the illness she cured was not a serious one.