by Arron on August 29th, 2002, 12:45 pm
Craig, I've had night sweats off and one on occasions over the years. Waking-up totally soaked. I have had all kinds of blood work done, not looking for anything because of the night sweats, but for other things at various times and I am healthy as an Ox. Don't want to scare you but one (hence the term ONE) of the symptoms of HIV is night sweats, along with a low grade fever, swollen glands and MANY other symptoms. Don'tr freak-out, OK? Just go see your doctor and get some blood tests just to rule-out anything. If it is just "normal" night sweats, what I do when I get them is let one of my legs hang-out from under the covers and the blood pumping through it cools off more and helps keep you cooler without getting the chills. I still occasionally get a night sweat here and there and it can be totally nothing, like mine, but it "could" be something, so like DaveKD said, don't be alarmed, just go get a blood test so you can rest easy that it is just nothing.