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Posted 5/1/2012 4:44 PM (GMT 0)
Hi To All,

So others experience drenching sweats with an exacerbation of UC?

Just to recap, active proctitis was again diagnosed with me in the ER on Friday.  I need further work-up to see if this is limited to this region only at this time.  That work-up will take some time, even if I stay home from this trip, that work-up will not happen this early within this medical system.  Treatment for proctitis has been effective for mucus, bleeding, discomfort and has helped with formed stools, etc.  This is good news. :-) (I had also changed my diet two weeks prior to this ER visit, due to 3 weeks of explosive diarrhea, etc. Thus, diet and Canasa has helped the symptoms.)

The drenching sweats had stopped for a couple of days.

I had skipped the Canasa last night, due to side-effects, and I was awake in the night with drenching sweats... again!  

Today, I am having drenching sweats again!

(Stools also loosened up  with skipping the Canasa one night.)

I don't have a fever, just am having ongoing drenching sweats... and then chills and more sweat and then chills... shakehead

This has appeared to be a part of my symptoms and had gone on during the prior weeks when I'd thought I was only having a prolonged GI bug and some minor GI irritation.

I keep dressing in layers, keep changing clothing, etc.

Would like to get this under control, as I cannot change my clothing so frequently when traveling and while in conference this week and weekend.

Do others have this as a feature of active inflammaton/ulceration?

If so, any known solutions to decrease the drenching sweats? Or just wait it out?

Thanks so much! :-)

With Gratitude,

~Hopeful Heart~

Posted 5/1/2012 5:59 PM (GMT 0)
Night sweats are a symptom of colitis and sweating in general is a side effect of prednisone.

I'm not aware of anything that can be done for either. Both will go away.

One when your inflammation goes down and the other when your dose of pred goes down.

Not much help I'm afraid:(

paula
Posted 5/1/2012 6:00 PM (GMT 0)
If your still taking prednisone that could be causing the sweating.
Posted 5/1/2012 6:02 PM (GMT 0)
Are you not on prednisone> I would say that's the most obvious reason at this point.

I don't think it's the Canasa that's the culprit in any of your most recent complaints...but it could be that you need a higher dosage of a rectal med.

Yes, flaring can cause a spike in temp and sweating, but I've never had that problem except related to a fever breaking or hormones or taking cold/asthma meds that revs up my system.

q
Posted 5/1/2012 6:31 PM (GMT 0)
I have had this for months and it's hell, it's almost cleared up now I have come off the steroids so it could be them, it's really horrible waking up wet and needing to change jamas in the cold
Posted 5/1/2012 6:44 PM (GMT 0)
I use to have them all the time!!! But taking antibiotics cleared it up, I must of had a underlying bacterial infection, like my Lyme's could have caused it for sure. Or a virus, before I got pnemonia, my body was fighting it off.  I don't have them anymore! I know what you are going and it sucks! My hair would be so wet I would have to dry my hair in the middle of the night.
Posted 5/1/2012 6:47 PM (GMT 0)
I agree with therearemiracles for you to maybe get checked for an underlying infection or virus.
Maybe even a sinus infection that could be masked by the prednisone?

curious what other supplements you're taking? sometimes they can cause a spike in temp, as well as your pain meds possibly?

q
Posted 5/1/2012 7:43 PM (GMT 0)

therearemiracles said...
I use to have them all the time!!! But taking antibiotics cleared it up


I have heard that prednisone can cause night sweats. I have never taken pred but I suffered drenching night sweats during my last flare. But my flare quickly went away after taking antibiotics. And all of my flaring symptoms quickly vanished along with the flare including the night sweats.

Everyone has their unique way to end a flare. For me it was antibiotics which sounds ridiculous at first because so many believe that antibiotics caused their UC in the first place. And they are probably right.

I wonder though if those people like myself, who suffer sweats while flaring, may be the prime candidates who respond to antibiotic therapy. Just a thought since sweats are a common symptom of other infectious diseases such as TB and malaria.

Here is a thread discussing how antibiotic therapy has helped some of us here on the forum. Of course it doesn't work for everyone. And you should always try to replenish your good gut flora with probiotics during and after taking antibiotics.
www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx?f=38&m=2088679&p=5
Posted 5/1/2012 8:32 PM (GMT 0)
Hi To All,

Thanks so much everyone for your responses! :-)

I know the prednisone or the pain meds or supplements in this case, are not causing the sweating, as all of these have been very stable for several months now and have had no drenching sweats with them. :-)  

I have used my supplements for years and am very familiar with my own response to them.  When I add new ones, then I will be wondering about any new one. Lol! 

The Canasa is not causing sweating, but is giving me major side-effects. These side-effects are extreme and clear up late in the day when I have used Canasa the prior night.  These side-effects do not return when I skip the Canasa.  It is very clear to me the side-effects I am attributing to Canasa, in my case, are, infact due to Canasa.  They are also side-effects verified by multiple pharmacists. :-)

It makes sense there may be an underlying infection, totally makes sense. The ER doc had said they would be extensively testing the stool sample I had given them. She had said it will take a few weeks to complete all of the testing for bacterias, parasites, etc.  (She was glad I had thought to collect a sample while there was still something left to "work with."  This had certainly appeared infected.) She was holding on antibiotics until testing is finished, stating most infections clear best themselves anyway.

Thanks for sharing and mentioning so many possibilities.

You have helped me to see more clearly that it is simply the underlying inflammation and/or an underlying infection.

I appreciate the time and the thought you have given to your responses!

If I do not respond to posts tomorrow, please know it is because I have left on my trip and will be gone a week. (I don't like to ignore responses, so please know I am just not able to check in during that time.)

With Gratitude,

~Hoepful Heart~

 

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