Cold sweat
Cold sweat: Introduction
Cold sweat: Sweating when your body is cold or with chills.
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Causes of Cold sweat:
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Causes of Similar Symptoms to Cold sweat
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Medical Books Excerpts
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Medical Books Excerpts
- Anhidrosis
- "Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition)" (2006)
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- Anhidrosis
- "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)" (2006)
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- Diaphoresis
- "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)" (2006)
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- Skin, clammy
- "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)" (2006)
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- Night Sweats
- "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter" (2000)
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- Anhidrosis
- "Alarming Signs and Symptoms: Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice Series" (2007)
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- Skin, clammy
- "Alarming Signs and Symptoms: Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice Series" (2007)
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- Anhidrosis
- "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses" (2007)
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- Diaphoresis
- "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses" (2007)
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- Sweating
- "The Diagnostic Approach to Symptoms and Signs in Pediatrics" (2006)
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Copyright notice for book excerpts: Copyright © 2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.
Diagnostic tests for Cold sweat:
Various tests are used in the diagnosis of Cold sweat. Some of these are listed below :
- Physical examination
- General appearance - jaundice may suggest ascending cholangitis or cholecystitis.
- Temperature - Cold sweats are often related to a fever. Fevers can be due to infection; malignant disease; metabolic disorders e.g. gout; blood disorders e.g. hemolytic anemia; vascular disorders e.g. stroke, brain hemorrhage, immunological disorders e.g. lupus.
- Blood pressure and pulse - low blood pressure can suggest possible shock.
- Examine the heart for a heart murmur which would suggest bacterial endocarditis
- Examine the lungs for noises that suggest pneumonia or bronchiectasis
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Diagnosis Checklist: Questions your doctor may ask (and why!)
During a consultation, your doctor will use various techniques in their assessment of Cold sweat.
Your doctor may ask several questions when assessing
your condition. It is important to remember that your consultation is a two-way process and any extra information
you can share with your doctor about your symptoms may help them with their diagnosis.
Some of the questions your doctor may ask are listed below:
- How long have you had the cold sweats? - to determine if acute or chronic.
- If cold sweats are associated with a fever, what is the pattern of the fever and cold sweats? - e.g. intermittent fever of malaria, Epstein-Barr virus and ascending cholangitis; continuous fever is common with viral infections such as influenza; remittent fever where temperature returns towards normal for a variable period but is always elevated may occur with pelvic abscess, wound infection and cancer; undulant fever where bouts of fever for several days are followed by several days of normal temperature occur with brucellosis infection and lymphomas.
- Have you been exposed to extreme hot weather? - may suggest heat exhaustion.
- Travel history? - overseas travelers or visitors may have special or even exotic infections.
- Past medical history? - e.g. AIDS, Rheumatic fever, pneumonia, immunodeficiency, cancer.
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Diagnosis Checklist: Associated symptoms your doctor may ask about (and why!)
Sometimes, other symptoms may be present and may help your doctor analyse
your condition.
The symptoms your doctor may ask about (in association with Cold sweat) may include:
- Frequency and burning of urine? - would suggest pyelonephritis, abscess around the kidney or abscess in the prostate.
- Cough? - may suggest pneumonia, lung abscess, bronchiectasis or tuberculosis.
- Bone pain or bone swelling? - may suggest osteomyelitis.
- Pain and location of the pain? - pain itself may cause cold sweat. The location of the pain can help determine focus of infection or pathology.
- Body discharge? - e.g. vaginal, penile, anal, tooth, ear, nasal.
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Medications or substances causing Cold sweat:
The following drugs, medications, substances or toxins are some of the possible
causes of Cold sweat as a symptom.
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including prescription, over-the-counter, supplements, herbal or alternative treatments.
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Organs affected by Cold sweat:
The list of organs typically affected by Cold sweat may include, but is not limited to:
- General constitutional
- Heart
Detailed list of causes of Cold sweat
The list below shows some of the causes of Cold sweat mentioned in various sources:
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How Common are these Causes of Cold sweat?
This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases,
not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Cold sweat.
Of the 190
causes of Cold sweat that
we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:
- 2
causes are "very common" diseases
- 2
causes are "common" diseases
- 3
causes are "uncommon" diseases
- 0
causes are "rare" diseases
- 9
causes are "very rare" diseases
- 182
causes have no prevalence information.
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causes of Cold sweat
Conditions listing symptoms: Cold sweat:
The following list of conditions
have 'Cold sweat' or similar
listed as a symptom in our database.
This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete.
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of any symptom.
A
Abdominal Cancer
... night sweatsActinomycetales infection
... night sweatsAcute adult T-Cell leukemia
... night sweatsAcute myelofibrosis
... night sweatsAcute myelosclerosis
... night sweatsAcute panmyelosis
... night sweatsAdult T-Cell leukemia
... night sweatsAdult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma
... Night sweatsAdult T-Cell lymphoma
... night sweatsAIDS-Related Complex
... night sweatsAlcohol-Induced Disorders
... cold sweatAlcoholic intoxication
... cold sweatAnaphylaxis
... cold sweatsAnaplastic large cell lymphoma
... night sweatsAnaplastic small cell lymphoma
... night sweatsAndropause
... night sweatsAngioimmunoblastic with dysproteinemia lymphadenopathy
... night sweatsArenavirus
... Night sweatsB
B-cell lymphomas
... night sweatsBack tumour
... night sweatsBacterial endocarditis
... night sweatsBlood cancer
... sweating at nightBreast Duct Papilloma
... night sweatsBrucellosis
... night sweatsC
Chloroleukemia
... night sweatsChloroma
... night sweatsChloromyeloma
... night sweatsChronic adult T-Cell leukemia
... night sweatsChronic Idiopathic Myelofibrosis
... night sweatsChronic myelogenous leukemia
... night sweatsChronic Myeloproliferative Disease, Unclassified
... night sweatsChronic Myeloproliferative Disorders
... night sweatsCocaine addiction
... cold sweatsCough
... Night sweatsD
Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma
... night sweatsDisseminated infection with mycobacterium avium complex
... night sweatsE
Ecstasy addiction
... cold sweatsEndocarditis
... night sweatsEndodermal sinus tumor
... night sweatsExogenous lipoid pneumonia
... night sweatsExtragonadal Germ Cell Tumor
... night sweatsExtramedullary Myeloid Tumor
... night sweatsF
Fitz-Hugh syndrome
... night sweatsFollicular lymphoma
... night sweatsG
Gastric lymphoma
... night sweatsH
Heart attack
... cold sweatHip cancer
... night sweatsHIV-1, CRF01_AE
... night sweatsHIV-1, CRF02_AG
... night sweatsHIV-1, CRF04_ cpx
... night sweatsHIV-1, CRF05_ D/F
... night sweatsHIV-1, CRF06_cpx
... night sweatsHIV-1, CRF07_BC
... night sweatsHIV-1, CRF08_BC
... night sweatsHIV-1, CRF11_cpx
... night sweatsHIV-1, CRF12_BF
... night sweatsHIV-1, CRF13_cpx
... night sweatsHIV-1, CRF14_BG
... night sweatsHIV-1, CRF15_01B
... night sweatsHIV-1, CRF16_ A2D
... night sweatsHIV-1, CRF17_BF
... night sweatsHIV-1, CRF18_cpx
... night sweatsHIV-1, CRF19_cpx
... night sweatsHIV-1, CRF20_BG
... night sweatsHIV-1, CRF21_A2D
... night sweatsHIV-1, CRF22_01A1
... night sweatsHIV-1, CRF23_BG
... night sweatsHIV-1, CRF24_BG
... night sweatsHIV-1, CRF25_cpx
... night sweatsHIV-1, CRF26_AU
... night sweatsHIV-1, CRF27_cpx
... night sweatsHIV-1, CRF28_BF
... night sweatsHIV-1, CRF29_BF
... night sweatsHIV-1, CRF30_0206
... night sweatsHIV-1, CRF31_BC
... night sweatsHIV-1, CRF32_06A1
... night sweatsHIV-1, CRF33_01B
... night sweatsHIV-1, CRF34_01B
... night sweatsHIV-1, CRF35_AD
... night sweatsHIV-1, CRF36_cpx
... night sweatsHIV-1, CRF37_cpx
... night sweatsHIV-1, CRF38_BF
... night sweatsHIV-1, CRF39_BF
... night sweatsHIV-1, CRF40_BF
... night sweatsHIV-1, CRF41_CD
... night sweatsHIV-1, CRF42_BF
... night sweatsHIV-1, CRF43_02G
... night sweatsHIV-1A
... night sweatsHIV-1A1
... night sweatsHIV-1A2
... night sweatsHIV-1A3
... night sweatsHIV-1B
... night sweatsHIV-1C
... night sweatsHIV-1D
... night sweatsHIV-1E
... night sweatsHIV-1F
... night sweatsHIV-1F1
... night sweatsHIV-1F2
... night sweatsHIV-1G
... night sweatsHIV-1H
... night sweatsHIV-1J
... night sweatsHIV-1K
... night sweatsHIV-1M
... night sweatsHIV-1N
... night sweatsHIV-1O
... night sweatsHIV-2
... night sweatsHIV-2A
... night sweatsHIV-2B
... night sweatsHIV/AIDS
... night sweatsHodgkin disease, X-linked pseudoautosomal
... night sweatsHodgkin lymphoma, childhood
... night sweatsHodgkin lymphoma, during pregnancy
... night sweatsHodgkin's Disease
... Night sweatsHodgkin's disease, adult
... night sweatsHodgkin's disease, childhood
... night sweatsHot flashes
... night sweatsHypergonadotropic ovarian failure
... night sweatsHypergonadotropic ovarian failure, familial or sporadic
... night sweatsI
Idiopathic eosinophilic chronic pneumopathy
... night sweatsIdiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome
... night sweatsInfective endocarditis
... night sweatsK
Kidney Cancer
... night sweatsL
Large granular lymphocyte leukemia
... night sweatsLeukemia
... night sweatsLeukemia, Myeloid, Chronic
... night sweatsLymph node neoplasm
... night sweatsLymphatic neoplasm
... night sweatsLymphoblastic lymphoma
... night sweatsLymphoma
... Night sweatsLymphoma, AIDS-related
... night sweatsM
Mantle cell lymphoma
... night sweatsMediastinal endodermal sinus tumors
... night sweatsMenopause
... cold sweatMycobacterial infections
... Night sweatsMycobacterium avium Complex
... night sweatsMycobacterium avium complex infection
... night sweatsMyeloid Sarcoma
... night sweatsN
Narcotic addiction
... cold sweatsNodular lymphocyte predominant Hodgkin lymphoma
... night sweatsNon-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
... Night sweatsNon-Hodgkin's lymphoma, during pregnancy
... night sweatsNosocomial infections
... Night sweatsO
Obstructive Jaundice
... night sweatsOpportunistic infections
... Night sweatsOrbit Tumour
... night sweatsOxyContin withdrawal
... cold sweatsP
Palate cancer
... Night sweatsPediatric AIDS
... night sweatsPerimenopause
... cold sweatPeripheral T-cell lymphoma
... night sweatsPhenol sulfotransferase deficiency
... night sweatsPrescribed medication addiction
... cold sweatsPrimary granulocytic sarcoma
... night sweatsPrimary malignant lymphoma
... night sweatsR
Renal Cell Carcinoma 2
... night sweatsRenal Cell Carcinoma 3
... night sweatsRenal Cell Carcinoma 4
... night sweatsRib Tumor
... night sweatsRichter syndrome
... night sweatsS
Sarcoidosis
... night sweatsSarcoidosis, pulmonary
... night sweatsSecondary Bone Cancer
... night sweatsSmoldering adult T-Cell leukemia
... night sweatsSpleen Cancer
... night sweatsSpleen neoplasm
... night sweatsSquamous Cell Skin Cancer
... night sweatsT
Tuberculosis
... night sweatsTuberculosis, pulmonary
... night sweatsW
Wegener's granulomatosis
... night sweats
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Causes of Cold sweat Based on Risk Factors
This information shows analysis of the list of causes of Cold sweat based
on whether certain risk factors apply to the patient:
Travel - has the patient travelled recently?
Diabetes - history of diabetes or family history of diabetes?
Doctors and specialists: Who should I consult about Cold sweat?
Depending on the seriousness of the onset of Cold sweat, you may want to consult one of the following medical professionals.
Important:In extreme cases, always seek advice from emergency services :
Classifications of Cold sweat:
Subtypes of Cold sweat:
Night sweats (158 causes)
Medical Conditions associated with Cold sweat:
Chills (684 causes), Sweat symptoms (1203 causes), Sweating (704 causes)
Symptoms related to Cold sweat:
Chills (684 causes), Shivering (21 causes), Fevers (1552 causes), Anxiety (701 causes), Shock (113 causes), Stress, Fever (1552 causes)
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