10 Night Sweats Causes
Cause #4: Hyperthyroidism
Your thyroid is the butterfly shaped gland that sits beneath your Adam’s apple. This gland is responsible for creating the thyroid hormone, which controls your metabolism and affects your heart, muscles and bones. Having too much thyroid hormone can cause several metabolic problems that speed up the body’s functions. These symptoms include night sweats.
The most common signs of hyperthyroidism are unintentional weight loss, goiter (an enlarged thyroid gland) and exophthalmos (bulging eyes). Other signs and symptoms of this disease include palpitations, rapid heartbeat (tachycardia), increased sensitivity to heat, changes in menstrual patterns, anxiety, irritability, tremor, thinning of the skin and hair, fatigue, increase in bowel movements, and insomnia.
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