Can I Get Night Sweats During The Day?

You may have thought you were the only person to ask if you can get night sweats during the day, but let me assure you that many women have pondered the same thing. First you must understand the difference between a night sweat and a hot flash then you will be better equipped to understand if you are getting night sweats during the day, or just suffering from a hot flash.

What is a Night Sweat?

Night sweats, medically termed “sleep hyperhidrosis,” are episodes of nighttime sweating, which can range from mild to profuse. Night sweats are similar to the hot flashes that can affect menopausal women during the waking hours. Oftentimes, night sweats can be so intense that they interrupt a woman’s sleep, which can affect many aspects of her daily life. Common symptoms of night sweats include sudden and intense heat, irregular heartbeat, nausea, flushing, chills, and headaches. The reason women experience these intense night sweats is because of their erratic estrogen levels. When estrogen levels fluctuate, so does the body’s coping mechanism, leading to many of the uncomfortable symptoms of menopause, including night sweats.

What is a Hot Flash?

Hot flashes are one of the most common symptoms experienced by women around the time of menopause. In fact, approximately half of all perimenopausal women and 75 to 85% of all post-menopausal women experience hot flashes. While the onset, duration, frequency and severity of hot flashes varies greatly between women, hot flashes often begin one or two years before a woman’s last period and last anywhere from six months to fifteen years. Hot flashes are caused by the same thing as night sweat: fluctuating estrogen levels.

Am I having a Night Sweat during the Day?

Night Sweats As strange as it may sound, yes it is possible that you could be having a night sweat during the day, if these few criteria are met while you are suffering from said night sweat. If you are sleeping when you experience the night sweat, because the definition of a night sweat is that it wakes you up from your slumber.

There are many women who may work a late shift and then sleep during the day that would mean they experience night sweats during the day.

Now that you know it is possible to have a night sweat during the day, click on the following link to learn more about the treatments for night sweats.