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Oncologists with ACS: Leukemia, bone and liver cancer, other types of cancer can be detected by night sweats.
Specialists representing the American Cancer Society ACS have informed that night sweats can be a symptom of malignant diseases. In particular, it indicates bone and liver cancer.
"Night sweats can be a sign of some cancers, including leukemia, lymphoma, bone cancer, liver cancer, mesothelioma, and carcinoid tumors," the cancer society said.
What signs accompany "malignant" night sweats:
- a feeling of unusual heat (it can occur in different areas of the body)
- wet skin
- wet sheets, clothes for sleeping
- chills
- extremely profuse sweat.
Oncologists noted that sweating at night does not always mean that a person has cancer. A similar change in the body can occur in connection with hormonal processes, under the influence of stress, medications or hypoglycemia (low blood sugar). What distinguishes "cancerous" night sweats is persistence: a person begins to regularly or periodically notice that he sweats at night for a long time. In addition, other unfavorable symptoms appear in the form of increased fatigue and weakness, involuntary weight loss. If you notice them, you should see a doctor as soon as possible.
