Night sweats can affect anyone, but they’re most commonly associated with people assigned female at birth. Hormone changes related to reproductive hormones, like estrogen and progesterone, can cause unpleasant changes in our body temperature that make us feel too hot. Our body may respond with a flash (hot flash) to cool down, or we may sweat excessively (night sweat).

Perimenopause and menopause

Night sweats are common during perimenopause and menopause. Menopause officially begins when patient haven’t had a period for 12 consecutive months. The age of onset is 49-51. Perimenopause is the period that precedes menopause. During perimenopause, ovaries produce less estrogen, progesterone and testosterone, and lady’s periods become irregular. Perimenopause usually happens between the ages of 40 and 50.

Changing hormone levels during perimenopause and menopause likely cause our hypothalamus (hypothalamus controls our body heat) to have trouble regulating our body temperature. Think of it as a glitch in our body’s internal thermostat.

Patients with primary ovarian insufficiency (POI) may experience night sweats for reasons similar to people going through perimenopause and menopause. With POI, ovaries stop producing estrogen before age 40.

Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) or premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD)

Hormone fluctuations during menstrual cycle can also cause night sweats. The estrogen levels decrease before period, in the time most commonly associated with PMS and PMDD, symptoms like irritability, night sweats and cramps are more commonly associated with PMS and PMDD.

Pregnancy

Fluctuating hormone levels during pregnancy may also cause night sweats. Pregnancy-related night sweats are more common during the first trimester (weeks 1 to 14) and the third trimester (weeks 27 to childbirth). The sweating may continue a few weeks after delivery as patient’s hormones adjust to their pre-pregnancy levels.

Allopathic treatment depends on what’s causing the night sweats. For menopause-related night sweats, hormone therapy — estrogen alone or with progestin — may be an option. Hormone therapy can also help with other symptoms of menopause, including bone loss and vaginal dryness. You shouldn’t receive estrogen replacement therapy if you have a history of breast cancer. All allopathic hormone therapies carry risks, including blood clots and gallbladder inflammation.

Non-estrogen allopathic medications used to treat night sweats include:

• Anticonvulsants (gabapentin, pregabalin): Also used to control/prevent seizures.
• Antidepressants: A low dose of Brisdelle, a form of paroxetine to treat hot flashes.
• Clonidine: Also used to treat high blood pressure, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, anxiety, and other conditions.
• Megestrol: Also used to treat breast and uterine cancers, increase appetite and reverse weight loss.
• Oxybutynin: Also used to treat urinary conditions.

Homeopathic treatment for Night Sweats

Homeopathic treatment is the most efficient, long lasting and without any side effects method. There are many other medical conditions that may be treated along with night sweats based on the circumstances of the patient, for example:

Menopause

Menopause plays a little trick on the hypothalamus. The hypothalamus is embedded deep inside the brain. It does several things, but one of the hypothalamus’ most important functions is controlling our body temperature. When a person is too cold, it’s the hypothalamus that tells our muscles to shiver, and vice versa.

About 80% of menopausal women will experience dropping estrogen levels throw the body’s temperature regulation out of whack. Symptoms include becoming flushed and sweaty.

Alcoholism

When a person drinks, that can’t be processed by your kidneys accumulates in the bloodstream. Alcohol enlarges the blood vessels near the surface of the skin, and this leads to sweating.

Side Effect of allopathic Medications

Our skin growing extra damp after starting an allopathic medication, for example:

• Antidepressants.
• Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), antibiotics etc.
• Blood pressure.
• Cancer.
• Diabetes.

Being Pregnant

Whether it’s hot flashes while you’re awake or night sweats (nocturnal hyperhidrosis) as you sleep, pregnancy can be a sweaty affair. Although it may have many causes, nocturnal hyperhidrosis is one early sign of pregnancy.

The cause is estrogen. As in the case of menopause, fluctuations in estrogen can cause sweaty problems for pregnant women.

Here are few Homeopathic medicines for night sweats:

Bovista Lycoperdonosis

Bovista lycoperdonosis has a marked effect on the skin. Severe weakness of all joints; clumsiness with hands, drops things from hands, sweaty hands all time. Sweat in axillae. Tip of coccyx itches intolerably. Moist eczema on body especially on hand. Itching and eczema of feet and legs. Edema in joints.

Blunt instruments leave a deep impression on the skin. Urticaria, with rheumatic lameness, palpitation and diarrhea. Itching on getting warm. Eczema – moist; formation of thick crusts. Pimples cover the entire body; scurvy; herpetic eruptions. Pruritus ani. Sweaty urticaria on waking. Pellagra.

Dulcamar

It has a specific relation also to the skin, glands, and digestive organs, mucous membranes secreting more profusely while the skin is inactive. The rheumatic troubles induced by damp cold are aggravated by every cold change and somewhat relieved by moving about. Results from sitting on cold, damp ground. Icy coldness. One-sided spasms with speechlessness. Paralysis of single parts. Congestive headache, with neuralgia and dry nose. Patients living or working in damp, cold basements. Eruptions on hands, arms or face around the menstrual period. The back part of head sweaty and chilly, heavy, aching, even in cold weather. Ringworm of scalp. Scald head, thick brown crusts, bleeding when scratched. Humid eruption on cheeks and face generally. Rashes on skin. Dysmenorrhea, with blotches all over; breasts engorged and sore. Perspiration on palms of hands. Rheumatic symptoms after acute skin eruptions. Night sweats and pains.

Adenitis. Pruritus. Herpes zoster, pemphigus. Swelling and indurated glands from cold. Vesicular eruptions. Sensitive bleeding ulcers. Little boils. Red spots, urticaria, brought on by exposure, or gastritis. Warts, large, smooth, on face and palmar surface of hands. Anasarca. Thick, brown-yellow crusts, bleeding when scratched.

Hepar Sulphur

Eruptions and glandular swellings. Unhealthy skin. Sweating patient pulling blanket around him. Locally, it has special affinity to the respiratory mucous membrane, producing croupous catarrhal inflammation, profuse secretion, easy perspiration. After the abuse of Mercury. Infected sinus with pus forming. The tendency to suppuration. Humid scald-head itching and burning. Cold sweat on head.

Yellowish complexion. Vesicular erysipelas, with pricking. Herpes, sensitive, and bleeds easily. Ulcers externally on prepuce similar to chancre. Excitement and emission without amorous fancies. Itching of glans, frenum, and scrotum. Suppurating inguinal glands. Fig warts of offensive odor. Humid soreness on genitals and between scrotum and thigh. Itching of pudenda and nipples, worse during menses. Manses late and scanty. Abscesses of labia with severe sensitivity. Extremely offensive leucorrhea. Profuse perspiration at the climacteric.

Abscesses; suppurating glands – very sensitive. Papules are prone to suppurate and extend. Acne. Suppurate with prickly pain. Easily bleed. Angio-neurotic oedema. Unhealthy skin: every little injury suppurates. Chapped skin, with deep cracks on hands and feet. Ulcers, with bloody suppuration. Sweats day and night without relief. “Cold sores” are very sensitive. Putrid ulcers, surrounded by little pimples. Chronic and recurring urticaria. Smallpox. Herpes circinate. Constant offensive exhalation from the body. Profuse sweat; sour, sticky, offensive.

Acid Nitricum

Selects for its special seat of action the outlets of the body where the mucous membrane and skin meet. Sticking pains. Discharges are very offensive, especially urine, feces, and perspiration. Soreness and burning in glans and beneath prepuce. Ulcers; burn and sting; exude, offensive matter.

Fetid foot-sweat, causing soreness of toes, with sticking pain; chilblains on toes. Sweating of palms, hands; cold, blue nails. Offensive sweat in axillae at night. Warts, large jagged; bleed on washing. Ulcers bleed easily, sensitive; splinter-like pains; zigzag, irregular edges; base looks like raw flesh. Exuberant granulations. Black pores on face, papules worse on forehead.

Sulpher

Trembling of hands. Hot, sweaty hands. Rheumatic pain in shoulders. Heaviness; paretic feeling. Rheumatic gout, with itching. Burning in soles and hands at night. Sweat in armpits. Ganglion. Frequent flashes of heat. Violent ebullitions of heat throughout entire body. Night sweat, on nape and occiput. Perspiration of single parts. Disgusting sweats. Remittent type.

Skin dry, scaly, unhealthy; every little injury suppurates. Freckles. Itching, burning. Pimply eruption, pustules, rhagades, hangnails. Excoriation. Skin affections after local steroid treatments. Pruritus.

Jaborandi (Pilocarpus)

Jaborandi or Pilocarpus is a powerful glandular stimulant and the most efficient diaphoretic. Its most important effects are diaphoresis, salivation and myosis. Hot flushes, nausea, salivation and profuse perspiration on face, ears and neck, deeply flushed, and drops of perspiration break out all over the body. Night-sweats of consumptives. Acts upon the thyroid and its sudorific action. Exophthalmic goiter, with increased heart’s action and pulsation of arteries; tremors and nervousness; heat and sweating; bronchial irritation. Excessive perspiration from all parts of the body. Persistent dryness of skin. Dry eczema. Semi-lateral sweats. Chilliness with sweat.

Tilia Europaea

Intense sore feeling about uterus; bearing down, with hot sweat. Soreness and redness of external genitals. Pelvic inflammation, tympanites, abdominal tenderness and hot sweat which does not relieve. Urticaria. Violent itching and burning after scratching. Eruption, Small red itching pimples. Sweat warm and profuse soon after falling asleep. Sweat increases as rheumatic pain increases.

Thuja occidentalis

Polypi, tubercles, warts epithelioma, naevi, carbuncles; ulcers, especially in Ano-genital region. Freckles and blotches. Perspiration sweetish, and strong. Dry skin, with brown spots. Zona; herpetic eruptions. Tearing pains in glands. Glandular enlargement. Nails crippled; brittle and soft. Eruptions only on covered parts; worse after scratching. Very sensitive to touch. Sweat only on uncovered parts, or all over except head, when sleeping; profuse, sour, smelling.

Conium Maculatum

Axillary glands pain, with numb feeling down arm. Induration after contusions. Yellow skin, with papular eruption; yellow finger-nails. Glands enlarged and indurated, also mesenteric. Flying stitches through the glands. Tumors, piercing pains; worse, at night. Chronic ulcers with fetid discharge. Sweat as soon as one sleeps, or even when closing eyes. Night and morning sweat, with offensive odor, and smarting in skin.

Psorinum

An ideal medicine for hyperhidrosis with highly offensive odor. Psorinum is very beneficial for persons who cannot tolerate cold air even in hot weather. Excessive heat in palms, soles and head with increased sweating. Worst cases of offensive sweating. Easy perspiration when walking – offensive. Humid eruption on scalp; hair matted. Humid eruption on face. Sickly. Eruption around fingernails. Fetid foot-sweats.

Dirty, dingy look. Dry, lusterless, rough hair. Intolerable itching. Herpetic eruptions, especially on scalp and bends of joints with itching. Enlarged glands. Sebaceous glands secrete excessively, oily skin. Indolent ulcers, slow to heal. Eczema behind ears. Crusty eruptions all over. Urticaria after every exertion. Pustules near fingernails. Fever – Profuse, offensive perspiration; night-sweats.

Petroleum

Skin symptoms are very marked, acting on sweat and oil glands; Ailments are worse during the winter season, from riding in cars, carriages, or ships; lingering gastric and lung troubles; chronic diarrhea. Long-lasting complaints follow mental states-fright, vexation, etc. Chlorosis in young girls with or without ulceration of the stomach. Moist eruption on scalp. Eczema, intertrigo etc, in and behind ears, with intense itching.  Fissures in meatus. Herpetic eruption on perineum. Itching in urethra. Genitals sore and moist. Sensation of moisture. Itching and mealy coating of nipple. Fetid sweat in axillae. Itching at night. Chilblains, moist, itch and burn. Bed-sores. Herpes. The slightest scratch makes skin suppurate. Intertrigo; psoriasis of hands. Thick, greenish crusts, burning and itching; redness, raw; cracks bleed easily. Eczema. Perspiration on feet and axillae.

Silicea Tera

Excessive sweating on hands, feet, and armpits, but silicea tops the list. silicea is a very beneficial remedy for controlling sweat of feet, hands and armpits. The sweat is extremely offensive in character – with sour or putrid odor. Foul smelling sweat in armpits.

Baryta Carb

Pain in axillary glands. Cold, clammy feet. Fetid foot-sweats. Numbness of limbs. Numb feeling from knees to scrotum; disappears when sitting down. Toes and soles sore; soles painful when walking. Pain in joints; burning pains in lower limbs.

Merc Solibulus

Merc Sol is one of the best treatments for sweating profusely over the whole body that worsens at night – offensive or sour. Weakness along with profuse sweating. Skin almost constantly moist. Excessive odorous viscid perspiration; worse, night. There is a general tendency to free perspiration, but the patient is not relieved thereby. Vesicular and pustular eruptions. Ulcers, irregular in shape, edges undefined. Pimples around the main eruption. Itching, worse from warmth of bed. Crusta lactea; yellowish-brown crusts, considerable suppuration. Buboes. Orchitis.