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How to treat night sweats in men

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Asked on:Mar 31, 2026 01:07 AM

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  • Bernie Bernie

    Mar 31, 2026

    Sweating during sleep is called "night sweats". Night sweat is a disease name in traditional Chinese medicine. It is characterized by abnormal sweating after falling asleep and stopping after waking up. “"Steal" means stealing. In ancient times, Chinese medicine used the term "stealer" to describe the symptoms of this disease: warlocks would sneak around at night every day. Whenever people fell asleep or just closed their eyes and were about to fall asleep, sweat would quietly leak out like a warlock. So how do boys treat night sweats?

    Some patients with night sweats have night sweats as soon as they fall asleep, some have night sweats after falling asleep until late at night, and some have night sweats as soon as they close their eyes. The amount of sweat produced varies greatly. According to the clinical symptoms of patients with night sweats, they can be divided into three types: light, medium and small, and super severe.

    Most patients with mild night sweats sweat easily when they have fallen asleep deeply, or around 5 a.m. or 1 to 2 hours before waking up, and the amount of sweat is relatively small. They only feel a slight sweating all over the body or in some parts of the body after waking up, but no sweat is released again after waking up. It is generally not accompanied by any uncomfortable feeling.

    Most patients with small or medium-sized night sweats will sweat out soon after falling asleep. In some cases, their sleeping clothes will be wet until they wake up. After wiping the sweat from their bodies, they will no longer sweat when they fall asleep. With this type of night sweat, patients often experience a dry sensation, sweating due to heat, and sometimes experience a dry mouth and throat after waking up.

    Patients with severe night sweats sweat easily. Not long after falling asleep or just when you close your eyes and are about to fall asleep, you will sweat a lot at night, and you will wake up after sweating. After waking up, the sweat will converge instantly. You may sweat again when you fall asleep again. The amount of sweating is large, and the sweat often contains a light salt smell, or the sweat is smelly at the same time. Sweating can even make the quilt wet, and you will be unable to fall asleep without changing your sleeping clothes multiple times a night. Some patients with serious illness can make the quilt wet. When the quilt is thin or a mat is used, sweat can leave traces on the bed frame.

    This kind of patient is often accompanied by obvious dryness, irritability, dry mouth and thirst after sweating, and likes cold water. It is usually accompanied by low-grade fever or hot flashes, irritability and heat, red cheeks, dizziness, weight loss, fatigue, dark urine, less urination, and constipation. Light and medium-sized night sweats will not cause great damage to the human body, but patients with severe night sweats will become more serious over time and develop into "disease", which seriously affects the patient's physical and mental health and personal safety.