problems sweating?

Deb, I stopped sweating at the onset of CIDP, that and your slow heart rate are due to involvement of part of the automatic nervous system called the parasympathetic. DocDavid

Oddly, I sweat profusely. I add that only because the problem may not be one-sided. Sweating properly is the issue: not enough or too much. Its like an audit where the numbers are close but not right—that doesnt mean necessarilly that your close, it only means your wrong. 😮 Once the problem is fixed, the numbers will change —by how much? Nobody knows until its right.

I had a doctor tell me that manytimes, those nerves that are repairing themselves never hook back up right and the balance is off…I sweat for an hour after a shower. Which kinda defeats the purpose, my wife, tells me. :confused: …but, sweating is a problem and I have no idead what can be done. I actually think it is far less healthy to NOT sweat when your body needs to, than to sweat over putting on socks.

Anyway, thats my 2 cents,

God Bless You,

Ty

I sweat much less but still some. I can get a good tough workout going and thats usually how I judge it but the sweating is minimal.???:confused:

Well, I guess this is a sign I do not have CIDP as I sweat like a… forgot the saying, but you all know what I mean. I always have sweat profusely from my head and am doing it right now. Any ideas on how to not sweat so much? It makes for a bad hair day :p

man am i messed up!:eek: before i use to sweat just sitting on my bum, during paralysis events i didn’t sweat knowingly, except when i would have fevers, and now i have noticed i sweat when i use my muscles. oh yeah and i sweat like ty said, after my showers-if i had the energy i would turn around and have to wash off again. for the past 2 weeks i’ve been doing aqua therapy in a 90 degree pool, when i do my walking (just 6 short laps) i don’t sweat, but when i’m sitting on the seat and doing my arm exercises(3) i start to sweat really bad. then while i’m sitting in front of the jets(whirlpool type) i’m not sweating again. i have also noticed that when i use my arms/hands for anything else that has muscle use involved, i start to sweat until i stop and it is like the faucet was turned off. along with the increase in muscle use sweating, my fatigue levels have been high, no matter how much rest i get-which has been increased since i started a.t. also. i feel really wishywashy lately.:rolleyes: thinking back to before all this stuff started, my pcp was perplexed by how much i was sweating, would have to change clothes a couple times a day-it was really bad.:(

Needless to say I sweat if I even talk too much. I can’t stand heat. Not only do I sweat but become very weak and sob. I too can sweat an hour after a shower and even if I just exert myself a little. I am 7 yrs now post GBS but like i say, with the resisuals I feel like I should still say I have GBS because complications never seem to go away. xoxoxoxox Roxie

Hi Deb,
Mine is just the opposite. I never sweat (I also never drink water…I know, thats bad). but since my gbs my legs get really sweaty. I used to love to wear my jammies to bed and be all cozy but now I wouldn’t dream of having jammie bottoms on. I dont know if this is because of all the nerve dammage I have in my legs or not. :confused:

When in the ICU I sweat something terrible. My bed was always wet. I would always have my legs and toes out from under the blanket. I had a fan blowing on me too and it was November and we had 16 degree temps and snow and I had the hospital window open. Talk about things going goofy! It took another month for that sweating to calm down. I still can’t stand heat! I work out in the rehab pool which is 94 degrees because a during a slow workout in the other pool 84 degrees I get chilled. I am still not able to go in the hot tub and I take a warm shower but then change to a cold shower right before I get out to cool off. I can wear a sweat shirt all Summer and Winter. Looks like a have a very limited wardrobe! When out in the evenings I am the first to put on my hooded sweatshirt! In the Winter I am the last to put on a coat! Yep I blame it on the GBS!

Ok, I will jump in on this one!!

Oh yes, I can relate to the sweating or feeling “hot” while in ICU…….I begged my wife for a little fan to blow on my face…….she got one, and I insisted on the nurses to position it for me every day. It was SUCH a relief!!
Isn’t this GBS curse something else????!! I thought that I was one of the lucky ones that recovered with no after effects…………………..boy, was I ever wrong!!:eek:
I don’t have ANY ENERGY like I used to………..I give out physically just after an hour or two of doing something physical. (Ok, that was poorly worded, but I am tired, 🙂

Now, I have “shingles and eczema”…………..and THAT is really depressing me!! The “dermatologist” is telling me that this is Chronic (which means forever, right???) I really don’t feel important to society anymore…..but, at least I have this family/forum to relate to….Thank all of you soooooo much for being here and understanding.

Per

Sweating…omg…my hands and feet sweat like crazy if i don’t keep socks on. I can’t feel temperatures like everyone else. I am always hot and at night i soak the bed completely. i was checked to see if i am going thru menopause but i am not so the doctors state it is gbs related. i hate it because i love to wear sandals or flip flops but i can’t because it allows my hands and feet to sweat so bad. this makes no sense to me but it happens so i guess i have to live with it. if anyone has any suggestions i would love to hear them…

missing my sandals

sherry