Wish I could help. You could just monitor it, but if it continues, I would assume something is going on. I don't have any sweating issues so I can't really relate.Regardless, sweating is probably not a good sign. Sorry I couldn't be more helpful
On Thu, Jan 11, 2024 at 10:37 PM Michelle Harkness < hotwheelsmiche...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hey Greg! > > I'm a C5 Quad, 30 years post. It's always either a pressure point, bowel > or UTI for me. Bowel and UTI are usually not constant though, they come > and go for sweats, like when I'm actually pooping. I also use a magic > bullet every other night and have been successful with it for 30 years! > The pressure point is the only one that will have the sweating immediately > stop if I reposition. I don't usually even have a breakdown of skin with > the "bed sweats", it's usually if my pillow between my knee and ankle > points has shifted and I have bone to bone contact, if my top leg has > somehow fell forward over my bottom and stayed there for a while, or if my > heels are not on a pillow and are making contact with the bed. I also use > an alternating air pressure mattress, which works fairly good, but not > always the best. > > Weirdly, I'm wondering if it could just be a bone pushing against you > inside that your body is not feeling comfortable with? Especially if > you're not seeing red marks anywhere. I will usually have faint red marks > if any of the above happen, which go away fairly quickly. With internal > stuff, like my galbladder and pancreas having an issue, they showed up in > spasms, not sweats. The only other time the sweats were weird, was when I > went into labor with my kiddo. The contractions mimicked my pooping > contractions and made me sweat with every one - I assume that's not an > issue for you though. ;) > > I would say to pay extra special attention to your positioning and see if > anything is pressing more firmly. I usually sweat opposite - so if I'm > sweating on the left, the right is most likely the problem and vice versa. > > I'm really wondering if one of your kidney stones just decided to > present differently or get stuck somewhere else to provide your night > sweats? That could potentially be a pressure point your body doesn't like > as well. My hubby just had his first stone a few months ago and I legit > thought he was dying! A trip to the ER, lots of pain meds and a 5 mm stone > later, he was okay! Not gonna lie, I was not impressed with the stone - I > always thought they were bigger! > > I swear there should be a whole special book on how our body gives us > different signs as quads!! Best of luck figuring things out and I hope > it's sooner rather than later! > > Michelle > > On Thu, Jan 11, 2024 at 10:13 PM Greg <mongrelti...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi all. >> >> I'm a C5 quad since a diving accident in August 1987 when I was 23. I >> just turned 60, am(was) 5'10" and I weigh 182 lbs, down from 205 lbs this >> time last year. >> >> Amazingly enough I have used the same bowel program since leaving the >> hospital in 1988. Every other night I lay on my left side then use a >> suppository (Magic Bullet by Concepts in Confidence) the following morning. >> Most mornings my program is finished in 2 hours, sometimes 2.5. Yes, I have >> been very lucky in that regard. The following night I lay on my right side. >> In other words, I empty my bowels every 48 hours. Also, I usually spend >> about 8 hours on my side each night. >> >> The last four nights I have started sweating profusely in the middle of >> the night. The sweating is usually limited to my neck, shoulder, side, and >> arm but only on the side that I'm not laying on. So when I'm laying on my >> left side, my right side sweats, then the following night while laying on >> my right side, I sweat on the left side. I have no sensation from the >> mid-shoulder down, but strangely enough I do feel the sweating. >> >> Re: pressure sores, occasionally I do have superficial pressure sores at >> the ischial tuberosity location, but nothing serious since 2004-2005 when I >> had a bad one that required surgery and sidelined me for almost 2 years. >> Since 2004 I have slept on an Invacare air mattress, and for the past 5 >> years it's been the Invacare MA600 system. Today my butt (and sides, hips, >> knees) looks good, and at 60 I don't spend a lot of time in my chair for >> fear of developing a pressure sore. My caregiver has been with me the >> entire time and knows as much about decubitus ulcers as I do. The sweating >> does not appear to be caused by pressure on my skin. Of course it could be >> something under the skin but I don't know. >> >> Another problem I have dealt with for the past 30+ years is kidney >> stones. Kidney stones have their own set of warning signs but sweating has >> never been one of them for me. I mention this because it's possible I do >> have kidney stones as I pretty much live with them all the time. Several >> times over the years I have had lithotripsy to remove large stubborn kidney >> stones that caused persistent UTIs, but it's not surprising for me to pass >> several kidney stones, sometimes quite large, over the course of a few >> weeks and I can usually tell when it's about to happen. Headaches, chills, >> and muscle spasms in certain areas of my side and lower back, almost always >> accompany kidney stones, and I am not experiencing any of these at the >> moment. No UTI symptoms at the moment either. >> >> So, my question is what could be causing these cold clammy sweats? Have >> any of you old timers experienced this and figured it out? Is it always a >> pressure situation? I do remember sweating profusely on my head and face >> whenever I was up in my chair right before finding the bad open pressure >> sore on my butt back in 2004, But back then neither of us knew what a >> pressure sore was so we didn't know to look for something like that. We do >> now but again my caregiver sees no evidence of pressure on my skin anywhere. >> >> Any suggestions or help would be very much appreciated. Thanks to all of >> you who contribute here on the quad-list, and especially Jim Lubin for >> providing us with this forum all these years. >> >> Best, Greg >> >
