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Reply Sat 14 Feb, 2009 01:01 am
When ever I am asleep, I seem to get so hot! I can go to bed really cold but then wake up really hot. Why is this? Do our body's conserve heat when we are sleeping?
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Reply Sat 14 Feb, 2009 01:57 am
Typically, the body temperature actually decreases from sleep, so unless it's a health condition I'd say you are likely just getting hot from being under the covers.
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Reply Sat 14 Feb, 2009 02:03 am
Well, it's tough for me to read or sleep on my bed when the sun is beating in the window. Weather conditions do matter.

This all could be from environmental considerations, or body chemicals, or degrees of fascination with non native climes.

So, what? Not enough info.
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Reply Sat 14 Feb, 2009 02:13 am
Sometimes a high body core temperature while sleeping is an indication of a thyroid imbalance or diabetes. If this is a constant problem for you, be sure to bring it up with your doctor.

You might also check the tightness of the weave of your bedsheets (the thread count). In the winter time, I change my bedsheets to one of a tighter weave (high thread count) so that the covers retain more of my body heat. With those sheets, I only need a light weight thermal blanket over me to keep warm even on the coldest nights. In the summer, I change to a very loose weaved (lower thread count) sheet, if I use one at all, so that there is more air circulation under the covers.
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Reply Sat 14 Feb, 2009 02:19 am
Quote:
Night sweats are usually defined as episodes of significant nighttime sweating that soaks your bed clothes or bedding. This is a fairly common problem that many people experience from time to time.

Although uncomfortable, nighttime sweating typically isn't a sign of a serious underlying medical condition. It may be triggered by something as simple as too warm a room or too many blankets on the bed. Potential medical causes of night sweats include:

Menopause
Anxiety
Medications such as certain high blood pressure drugs, over-the-counter fever reducers and antipsychotics
Drug or alcohol abuse
Gastrointestinal reflux disease (GERD)
Diabetes
See your doctor if night sweats occur on a regular basis and interrupt your sleep. Treatment is directed at the underlying cause, if it can be determined. Occasionally, night sweats are a symptom of a serious condition, such as cancer or infection. But in such cases, night sweats are often accompanied by other signs and symptoms, such as fever and unexplained weight loss

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/night-sweats/AN01042
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Reply Sat 14 Feb, 2009 08:06 am
I was experiencing night sweats several years ago and , when I had my Dr look at me we got to the source and it was my Blood pressure meds.. So my doc halved my meds with half taken in the AM and half in the PM . Also Ive gone to thin cotton sheets . Rarely do I sleep with a blanket or quilt.
Some peoples BMR will "fire up" if you eat before bedtime. The digestive process can elevate your temp and give you a sense of overheating.
However, the diabetes connection has always been a concern for me cause my moms side of the family has a history.
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Reply Sat 14 Feb, 2009 09:51 am
well, are you male or female?

what is your age?
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Reply Sat 14 Feb, 2009 01:02 pm
First thing I thought of: menopause.
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Reply Mon 4 May, 2009 08:30 pm
I get VERY hot when I am sleeping! I don't sweat though. I laugh because my fiance describes my body after falling asleep as "furnace like" and we have to have a king size bed or he can't tolerate being in the bed with me. It's so weird because I don't notice it, but he certainly does. He says he wants to get one of those thermometer strips he can put on my forehead to check it while i'm sleeping....says i feel like i am "on fire". I had my TSH level checked and it came back normal, though I do have every other symptom of hypothyroidism as well.
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Reply Fri 31 Jul, 2009 10:46 pm
No way! I'm the same way. I remember as a child when my family stayed in a hotel and me and my sister shared a bed, she would get really hot from me and called me a "furnace." And now, probably almost 15-20 years later, my boyfriend complains of his human "furnace." I don't feel like I'm too hot, although I can tell that my core is hotter than it is during the day. I have found that I need to reach a certain temperature to fall asleep at night so I'm usually bundled up while my boyfriend sleeps with little to no covers. I don't sweat (except on a really hot day just like most people). And unlike some hot sleepers, I get hot BEFORE I fall asleep, so I don't think it's a type of sleep apnea. I also prefer a hot shower while my boyfriend finds the same temperature to be scalding. I have never recorded my temperature so I have no idea just how hot I get, or if it's just false personal perception. Maybe I should try one of those thermometer strips! Smile I have had little to no other 'health issues' in my life, so I don't think this is a symptom of a bigger problem. At least I hope not! The only other mysterious problem that I have had growing up that may or may not be related are some pretty severe leg cramps some nights. My mom called them growing pains, but if that's what they were I would be 20 feet tall by now and still growing! (I'm a pretty average 5'7") The only relief was when I rubbed them vigorously together. Any other similar hot sleepers have this problem too?
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Reply Sat 1 Aug, 2009 12:54 am
I wonder if this is related to dehydration somehow
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