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Night sweats keeping you up?

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    Reasons you wake up sweating

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-- -- night sweats are keeping you up the doctors have some advice on that.

Doctor -- first of -- most likely to have these men or women.

Well you know we've talked traditionally about women having.

Nights which during menopause but it's stuck to some -- pointed out to me -- have them when they have male menopause which we tend to overlook that as an internist.

I'm concerned about when people come to new ignites what do you have a virus have you had a bacteria could you have a urinary -- infection.

Could it be your thyroid -- I need to look at and technological problems.

Isn't an anti depressant could it be your medication that you're taking that's causing.

I have to screen you to see what could be causing this in terms of underlying diseases and I'm always concerned about the looming possibility.

That it could be due to cancer -- frankly cancer can cause night sweats tuberculosis can cause -- what's on my point Jamie is.

That's what's or something for me as an internist to take very seriously especially if they don't go away if it's a virus it's gonna go away in a few weeks.

Not to scare people but that's interesting are you saying -- your internal temperature and energy are warmer.

Doctor smarty if you have camps are that you may suffer this at night.

It's a very good point there are certain cancers -- feel it's a cancer review you know that actually causes pumping this anything different.

And you constantly so I think -- I think you -- you're drenched in so you have to check and those are the times that you have to really get it CTO your abdomen.

And make sure but you know as mark mentioned simple things first what if you're a completely under stress anxiety you're really -- Panic attack -- use our -- -- there could be affections.

Chronic sinus infection is very common and a lot of these guys.

Who are going to get back I don't know -- right so you know just talk through talk added a whole gamut -- -- these you don't have to -- -- like thanks so much.

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