hubby sweating

[HANDBY]

My hubby wakes up most nights wet through sweating, has to turn quilt round, much to my annoyance. He wont go to doctors, doesn't have nightmares or anything, any ideas?

[glenis]

he's going through the manopause !!!! sorry i couldn't resist that :-) hope it's nothing too serious

[HANDBY]

Think your rigth there:)

[HANDBY]

Sorry should say right :)

[Ice.Maiden]

Have you recently bought a new mattress for your bed, or changed the sheets for a different material? Cotton keeps you cool, so that might help. Also, high blood pressure and certain medication can cause sweating, as can a room which isn't ventilated. If a medical rules out any condition which might cause your husband to sweat so profusely, then ask him if he's got any worries or anxieties. Maybe you don't feel the heat as much as him, so have more bedclothes on than he feels comfortable with? Somewhere in that lot, lies your answer I think - x.

[Panic Button]

Turn the heating down or off.

Get a thinner duvet, but add an extra single one on your side.

[Buenchico]

Make hubby an appointment at the doctors (without telling him about it), then show him this and tell him he's going whether he likes it or not:
http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp ?articlekey=57394

Alternatively, prod hubby into action by letting him see that you're looking at catalogues for (very expensive) twin beds.

In the meantime, turn the heating off in the bedroom. (Unless you live somewhere like the north of Scotland, you never really need any heating in a bedroom unless, say, you also use it as a study. Your duvet should be sufficient to keep you warm at night). Consider separate duvets. (You can get duvets which are thicker on one side on the other but separate duvets are probably simpler and cheaper). Lastly, stress to hubby that his night sweats might not be a problem to him but they most definitely are to you. (i.e. tell him he's an inconsiderate so-and-so if he doesn't do something about the problem).

Chris

[HANDBY]

Thanks , especially Chris, you give some good advice, not changed sheets or duvet, heating on very low through night, usually have window open a little unless its really cold. He even sweats if its cold. Hubby been stressed lately, had no work for few weeks, got job now tho. Looked at link, Chris, will show it him later, many thanks, Jane

[funnygirl]

Hi Handby,

My hubby is the same. He has to change his t shirt in the middle of the night and more often just has the sheet over him.

Wheareas I'm freezing most nights.

I have told him repeatedly to go to the doctors, but he won't.
This cannot be normal.

[oldmegan]

Please, please get your husband to go to the doctors and ask for a test for diabetes. My husband was like this for about a year. I sent him to the GP who thought he was just a person who sweated a lot! A year later, just by chance he had a urine test that showed he had diabetes. He had been feeling dreadful for a couple of years, but now he has been diagnosed and has pills and follows a diet he is fine. Don't delay, diabetes can cause all sorts of awful things like blindness and nerve damage - sorry! please let us know how you get on?

[HANDBY]

Thanks to all for answers, after telling hubby what you have all put, think he decided its time to pay doctor a visit. Will post how he gets on. Jane x