Constipation and Sweating does any one else get sweaty .?

[export]

I would love to know what is making me sweat can any tell me also what can I do about it ?

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[tmhiggs]

yes in the morning when i get up, prob within the first hr my toes feel sweaty, not a soaking sweat just feels sweaty under my toes. no rhyme or reason, i have no shoes n socks on and only last for a couple hrs . is this similiar to your experience?

[driller]

I am going to my PD doctor on Tuesday, and will ask about sweating as I am having this problem as well. I will advise what I find out. On constipation many of us complain about this, I have been told it is a mixture of meds and PD slows your bodly functions

Regards ERIC

[driller in reply to driller]

Sorry my appt was changed to Sept 21st I will send info after appt.

EJG

[Boots1]

I get drenching sweats. When I told my dr she more or less told me I would have to deal with it.The meds I take cause them. Azilect and the carbidopa/Levodopa 25-100. It is very embaressing when I am out because my hair gets soaking wet!!!!

[Precious44]

I went to the Nuerologist on Thursday and I asked about the sweating, because I have never sweated in my life and now it just drips off of me. I can't wear my hair down because my neck sweats so much. Yes friends, it is part of Parkinson's, he said it is because your muscles are working 3 x as hard to do the things we use to do. So, I think I'll make my clothes out of towels from now on. LOL

Sorry the answer isn't a better one.

Have a great evening Everyone

Hugs, Hugs Hugs

Precious44 (Kathy)

[export]

thank-you although you don't have any answer's .

i now know i am not allow

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[Precious44 in reply to export]

What answer are you looking for? We've said what we either think, been told my a doctor, or have found out for ourselves. The sweating is horrible...It runs off my neck. What aren't you allowed? I don't understand, thought this was open for PD people and their care givers to vent, ask question, tell experinces, I thought the only rule had to do with swearing, and vulgar writings.

Hugs,Hugs,Hugs

Precious44

[Yogibear]

Yes SWEAT! changing bedding and night clothes every night, (it makes me feel cold) wet hair, dripping neck, dab dab with a tissue. I think its due to coming on/wearing off? Lots of water to rehydrate (note to self too). I go from constipation to the opposite (smiles) but without pain/cramps.

I have found however that once I changed from Sinemet carbidopa / levodopa that I did not sweat anywhere as near on Stavelo CR or Madopar CR.

xx

[hilarypeta]

No problem with sweats but find it takes more strength than it used to to do things..thought it was because of periosteoporosis.

To avoid constipation I take a few prunes andapricots and drink lots of water.

[froggatt55]

I find that when I am taking moderate exercise (not in the gym) and I come across a social situation with a group I become drenched with sweat. Where once I thrived on being the Centre of attention, I now fear it and avoid social events wherever possible

When I am in the gym, I'm in my own little world with no excessive sweating - only consistent with my efforts

[98Rob]

For me the sweating was directly caused by the amount of Stalevo 100 that I was taking. After I had DBS surgery in 2007 I was able to lower the amount that I was taking and the sweating went away. Now I don't even use Stalevo any more. I find that a fiber supplement like Metamucil helps a lot with constipation.

[oldskool49]

I call my sweating heat flashes. It comes and goes as it wants. And constapation I take a stool softner. Some help/

[Hokuto]

I'm not sure I sweat any more than I did before under normal desk-sitting situations. But, I have to walk 15 minutes from my train station to my job, and the PD's effect on my muscles makes me work harder walking, thus causing me to get sweatier by the time I reach my office. I also have developed "aging smell", and while I have no proof, I think it is related to my PD as well. I've been using newly developed soaps that are supposed to directly counteract the chemical responsible for the odor.

[shetawk in reply to Hokuto]

Can you detail the "chemical" and the soaps?

My armpits smell, after I've washed, while I'm still in the shower.

Alcohol is the only thing that works momentarily and I don't need more chemicals. Apple cider vinegar spritz used to do it for me, but no more.

[Hokuto in reply to shetawk]

The chemical is called "nonenal" (no-neh-nahl) and it's apparently present in small traces in all sweat, but it increases after one reaches the age of 40 or so. A researcher at the Japanese cosmetics company Shiseido discovered it as part of his research (Japanese are very concerned about body odor), and Shiseido developed a soap capable of neutralizing the nonenal odor. Now, there are a number of products that use persimmon and green tea extracts to counter "aging odor." The one sold by Shiseido is called "Joyful Garden" but there are others. Try Googling for it and you'll find a number of products claimed to work.

[Hokuto]

Oh, yes, I forgot: I have had no problems with constipation; in fact, if anything, I may have become more regular. I don't know if that's the result of the medications or diet, but I'm fine that way.

[Precious44]

I have never taken Stalevo, I take Carbidopa/levodopa 4 times a dayRopinirole 3 times a day, so from what I have read in your comments...I tend to go with what my doctor said. It's not medication

related but rather Parkinson's related

Hugs, Hugs, Hugs

Precious44

[cabbagecottage]

Yes precious I agree My husband gets dradful sweats he is drenched . He is taking Sinemet along with Rotigotine patches but he has always had drencing sweats even before he was diagnosed .

[shall1019]

I'm so glad I am not the only one. Before I was diagnosed I had some years when I felt sweaty but was not perspiring. Since I've been taking the PD drugs I have been sweating, clothes very damp. I have had high blood pressure with the sweating.

[Precious44]

I've decided to start making my own clothes and I am going to make them out of towels. That way when I sweat the clothes will absorb the sweat.

Just a little humor.

Hugs, Hugs, Hugs

Precious44

[lilmikejil]

No sweating problems, but constipation is a big problem. What helps me is lots of green vegetables, broccoli, spinach, etc. and high fiber cereal.

[Susie01]

Before my diagnosis and still, I sweat like crazy. I would have it running down my face and whole body, clothes completely soaked. I now know it is one of those things that goes with PD for whatever reason.

Constipation, only a couple of times, but a lot of PWP do have this issue.

[RayW]

JUst some views I had.

Sweating torrents as drugs foment

pathetic brain cells to dispense

their last microns of dopamine

to smooth the way through my day

Not a gentle sheen, not a ladies light touch

but a full on, full-scale manly flush

soaking through my shirt

It could shift ground in dirt

“it's caused by drugs” I’m told each time

I ask for reason to go with the rhyme

they're switching on or switching off

they can't help the sweating and now I'm just betting

they don't know why or the wherefore

and sweating’s just one more small thing

But for me it has the discomfort, the embarrassment of facing my peers

with a shirt stained with soaking wet patches and a jacket that is also smeared

with water pouring from my head and my hair’s now plastered to it

so it’s not just one more small thing or a slight exaggeration of life

it's an affront to my self-image, an affront to my wife

an unacceptable part of a Parkinson’s life.

from Chapter & Illuminating Verse; available from Amazon