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[carberry]

Hello everyone, this is my first post so please be gentle with me!!!

I have a major problem with sweating. My injury is T5 T6 complete andT7. I could be cold on top and the sweat could be running down my legs. At night the sheet is wet in the morning as well as my t shirt. I have cotton sheets on the bed but I have to were TED stocking all the time. It doesn't seem to be AD ( I think its called!) I was just wondering if anyone can help me out with this.

Thanks everyone.

Darren

[Kev-O]

Dont sleep with a shirt on an keep your ceiling fan on high. Thats the only way i can keep from sweating at night. Welcome to the site

[Ches]

Yeah welcome to the club... There isnt much you can do, just rip your clothes off like KevO said.. I keep a towel near by so I can lay on it when the bed starts to get damp. Moving around will help, but there isnt really much else to be done.

Edited by Ches, 16 February 2009 - 11:07 PM.

[RoyC]

carberry, on Feb 16 2009, 09:21 PM, said:

Hello everyone, this is my first post so please be gentle with me!!!

I have a major problem with sweating. My injury is T5 T6 complete andT7. I could be cold on top and the sweat could be running down my legs. At night the sheet is wet in the morning as well as my t shirt. I have cotton sheets on the bed but I have to were TED stocking all the time. It doesn't seem to be AD ( I think its called!) I was just wondering if anyone can help me out with this.

Thanks everyone.

Darren

Hi, i am a complete para T1 i have the same problem i used to sweat all the time really really uncomfortable and restricting my life, i had to change my tops at least 5 times daily, i now take a tablet which works great for me it is called Probanthene i understand it is not actually for this problem i cant actually remember what is is used for but i do know it changed my life immediatly i have been using it for 30 years now and it still works brilliantly i only take 1 daily at night time but sometimes i may need 2 but that is very rarely i have never had any side effects but they taste horrid and if u dont get it down in 1 drys your mouth for for hours so give these a try

[carberry]

Thanks to everyone for your replies. I will try and find out about that medication but I think it might be banned in Ireland.

Thanks again. This is all a learning curve for me.

Darren

[eyelookok2blindgurls]

I only sweat badly when I am really unwell , but everyone is different , to me its a warning sign I am really sick .

[AbZ]

yea i sweat heaps too, especially at night.... i think the reason behind it is that it is a REFLEX response to a stimulus below the injury....
eg: been sitting to long on the wheelchair, and not doin a pressure lift.... or gotta do a catheter... or sitting crooked
don't think it has much to do with complete or incompleteness of the injury as the reflex arcs are generally still intact... unless you can sweat below the injury on a voluntary basis, which would be hard unless you have movement....

[Interpol]

hi , i am T4 complete, 25 years now, have always sweated but been bearable, however my sweating is now off the scale, it is actually dehydrating me... been really ill recently and it has triggered off all sorts of stuff, but the sweating is unbearable. I long to waken up in a dry bed, it's not much too ask for really, anyhow i would always sweat especially when ill but it would improve once i got better. This time there seems no let up at all , so went to see my consultant and i am starting the probanthene, hopefully this week, so i will let you know how i get on with it... i am praying it will help.

[AbZ]

yea i haven't tried the medication yet, as i thought i'll give it a go as a last resort... for now at least, my sweating is controllable...

[dm999]

AbZ, on Mar 14 2009, 07:08 PM, said:

yea i sweat heaps too, especially at night.... i think the reason behind it is that it is a REFLEX response to a stimulus below the injury....
eg: been sitting to long on the wheelchair, and not doin a pressure lift.... or gotta do a catheter... or sitting crooked
don't think it has much to do with complete or incompleteness of the injury as the reflex arcs are generally still intact... unless you can sweat below the injury on a voluntary basis, which would be hard unless you have movement....

i agree, the sweating can alert you to problems that you don't feel. For me it has prevented a few preasure sores and alerted me to bladder infections and a ruptured appendix. Usually check the three B's, bladder, butt, bowels. Sweating on one side may mean pain in your opposite leg, eg: ingrown toenail

my sweating reflex is way too sensitive though, lots of false alarms... get very cold!
most pain killers don't work although something with some codine or a little alcohol:) does help..... the Propantheline bromide does sound interesting, reduces sweating and bladder spasms