What is the reason for cold skin and sweating

Many people feel cold skin after sweating. This is because the clothes become wet after sweating, and when the clothes dry and touch the warm body, they will feel cold. Another reason is that the body's yang energy is insufficient, which causes the skin to feel cold. The main reason why your body feels cold after sweating is physical weakness. The following article introduces the possible causes of spontaneous sweating. If you are troubled by this, please take a look.

Abnormal sweating due to general debility is an abnormal sweating phenomenon caused by physical weakness or certain diseases. In mild cases, sweating occurs when moving, and in severe cases, profuse sweating occurs. In severe cases, shock, fainting, and impotence may occur. Tuberculosis patients often experience night sweats. Night sweats and spontaneous sweats belong to the category of spontaneous sweating. The former is mostly due to yin deficiency, and the latter is mostly due to qi deficiency. Both are caused by physical weakness, but are often ignored because there is no major discomfort in the body. In fact, children's night sweats and spontaneous sweating cannot be ignored, because frequent spontaneous sweating can easily lead to dehydration, electrolyte imbalance in the body, loss of trace elements, etc. Mild symptoms include dizziness, weakness, pale complexion, loss of appetite, restless sleep, and weight loss; severe symptoms include muscle cramps, palpitations and shortness of breath, memory loss, developmental delay, and intellectual disability. Excessive sweating in children should never be taken lightly and should be treated promptly.

Causes and common diseases

Hyperhidrosis, pulmonary tuberculosis, infectious shock, anaphylactic shock, shock-type pneumonia, traumatic shock, myeloid hyperhidrosis, dyshidrosis, burns, heat stroke, apocrine carcinoma, cortical hyperhidrosis, senile shock, hypothalamic hyperhidrosis, sweat syndrome, etc.

examine

Check the body's trace elements and electrolytes, the secretion function of sweat glands, etc. In addition, auxiliary examinations are performed to identify the cause of sweating.

Differential Diagnosis

The symptoms of spontaneous sweating need to be differentiated from the following symptoms.

1. Hyperhidrosis Hyperhidrosis is excessive sweating of the whole body or local skin. The causes of hyperhidrosis can generally be divided into organic diseases and functional disorders. Depending on the reasons for excessive sweating, it can also be divided into neurological hyperhidrosis and non-neurological hyperhidrosis. Hyperhidrosis patients completely lose normal control of sweating and facial flushing. Excessive sweating and facial flushing make patients feel helpless, anxious or panic every day.

2. Cold sweat is sweat caused by fear or shock, and the hands and feet become cold when sweating, so it is called cold sweat. Cold sweat: refers to the feeling of coldness caused by sweating due to tension, fear or illness. There is no fever or thirst before sweating, and the patient is often accompanied by symptoms of cold such as lack of energy, pale complexion, loose stools, clear and long urine, slow and deep pulse, and pale tongue. It is mostly caused by Yang deficiency and insufficient Wei Qi, or it can be caused by fright.

3. Night sweats Night sweats may be caused by qi deficiency or yin deficiency. If the night sweats are caused by qi deficiency, it is generally due to poor vasodilator function, which can be adjusted with Buzhong Yiqi Decoction. Night sweats caused by insufficient heart blood, palpitations and insomnia should be treated with blood nourishing and heart nourishing, and Guipi Decoction should be used for treatment; if it is caused by yin deficiency, the body will have dryness and heat, and there will also be night sweats. At this time, Liuwei Dihuang Pills can be used to improve it; night sweats caused by yin deficiency and excessive fire, and fever in the five hearts should be treated with nourishing yin and reducing fire, and Danggui Liuhuang Decoction can be used.

Treatment principles

Nourishes Qi and Yin, strengthens the exterior and stops sweating. According to the clinical diagnosis of the patient's deficiency of qi, blood, yin and yang, methods of nourishing yin, replenishing blood, invigorating qi and supporting yang are used respectively. Add products that can reduce sweat, such as black plum, schisandra chinensis, dragon bone, and oyster. If necessary, you can apply sweat-reducing products to the skin. If shock is followed by sweating, anti-shock treatment should be given.