Cold Sweats
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Unnati Patel, MD, MSc (Family Medicine)
Dr.Patel serves as Center Medical Director and a Primary Care Physician at Oak Street Health in Arizona. She graduated from the Zhejiang University School of Medicine prior to working in clinical research focused on preventive medicine at the University of Illinois and the University of Nevada. Dr. Patel earned her MSc in Global Health from Georgetown University, during which she worked with the WHO in Sierra Leone and Save the Children in Washington, D.C. She went on to complete her Family Medicine residency in Chicago at Norwegian American Hospital before completing a fellowship in Leadership in Value-based Care in conjunction with the Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management, where she earned her MBA. Dr. Patel’s interests include health tech and teaching medical students and she currently serves as Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Arizona School of Medicine.
Yoshinori Abe, MD (Internal Medicine)
Dr. Abe graduated from The University of Tokyo School of Medicine in 2015. He completed his residency at the Tokyo Metropolitan Health and Longevity Medical Center. He co-founded Ubie, Inc. in May 2017, where he currently serves as CEO & product owner at Ubie. Since December 2019, he has been a member of the Special Committee for Activation of Research in Emergency AI of the Japanese Association for Acute Medicine. | | Dr. Abe has been elected in the 2020 Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia Healthcare & Science category.
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Cold sweats occur when there is sweating despite the skin being cold, chilly, and clammy, regardless of the environment's temperature.
When to See a Doctor
Seek professional care if you experience any of the following symptoms
- Lower abdominal pain
- Palpitation
- Back pain
- Headache
- Peripheral cyanosis
- Unexplained weight loss of 5% or more in 1 month
- Recent weight loss
- Seizure attack
- Fainting with loss of consciousness
- Disorder of consciousness
- Chest tightness
- Chest pain
- Difficulty breathing / breathlessness
- Abdominal pain
- Menstrual abnormality (duration or volume)
Possible Causes
Generally, Cold sweats can be related to:
- Miscarriage
A miscarriage is the loss of a pregnancy that is usually in the first or early second trimester (before 20 weeks). In an inevitable miscarriage, there may be symptoms of miscarriage such as bleeding and pain and the cervix will show signs of opening (dilation). The passage of the pregnancy tissue typically follows.
- Aortic Stenosis (AS)
In aortic stenosis, the valve in a major blood artery branching off the heart (the aorta) is narrowed. This prevents the valve from fully opening and leads to decreased blood flow out of the heart. As a result, the heart has to work harder to get the same amount of blood out. Two things end up happening: the heart eventually starts to fail or you develop symptoms like chest pain, dizziness or feeling like you will pass out because not enough blood is getting to your brain. The main cause is the accumulation of calcium deposits in the valve which increases with age.
Related Serious Diseases
Sometimes, Cold sweats may be related to these serious diseases:
- Hypoglycemia
Low blood sugar levels. This can be fatal as the brain depends on sugar for energy. It is usually caused by diabetes medications, but can also be caused by hormone disorders and insulin overproduction.
- Myocardial Infarction (MI) / Unstable Angina
- Ectopic Pregnancy
- Tension Pneumothorax
- Idiopathic Esophageal Rupture
- Vasovagal Reflex
- Heart Failure
- Aortic Dissection / Aortic Aneurysm Rupture
Doctor's Diagnostic Questions
Your doctor may ask these questions to check for this symptom:
- Have you been experiencing cold sweats lately?
- When did you first notice a cold sweat?
- How often have you been experiencing cold sweats?
- How is your cold sweat now?
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Reviewed By:
Unnati Patel, MD, MSc (Family Medicine)
Dr.Patel serves as Center Medical Director and a Primary Care Physician at Oak Street Health in Arizona. She graduated from the Zhejiang University School of Medicine prior to working in clinical research focused on preventive medicine at the University of Illinois and the University of Nevada. Dr. Patel earned her MSc in Global Health from Georgetown University, during which she worked with the WHO in Sierra Leone and Save the Children in Washington, D.C. She went on to complete her Family Medicine residency in Chicago at Norwegian American Hospital before completing a fellowship in Leadership in Value-based Care in conjunction with the Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management, where she earned her MBA. Dr. Patel’s interests include health tech and teaching medical students and she currently serves as Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Arizona School of Medicine.
Yoshinori Abe, MD (Internal Medicine)
Dr. Abe graduated from The University of Tokyo School of Medicine in 2015. He completed his residency at the Tokyo Metropolitan Health and Longevity Medical Center. He co-founded Ubie, Inc. in May 2017, where he currently serves as CEO & product owner at Ubie. Since December 2019, he has been a member of the Special Committee for Activation of Research in Emergency AI of the Japanese Association for Acute Medicine. | | Dr. Abe has been elected in the 2020 Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia Healthcare & Science category.
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