What do you think this is? Not a food allergy because it happens no matter what I eat.
Anyone else get sweating during or after eating?Driving me crazy!
Posted by Catgirl (Member # 31149) on :
Did you eat meat, dairy, fats or nuts (it's the fat/arginine)? If so, this is proto on me (FL1953).
Posted by steve1906 (Member # 16206) on :
This may help gustatory hyperhidrosis or gustatory sweating
Long before air conditioning was invented, our bodies had their own built-in units. We sweat as a way to regulate body temperature. Too hot? Sweat helps the body turn down the heat by producing fluid to help us cool down while it evaporates from our skin. It's not just physical exertion or a hot summer day that can trigger sweating, though. Some people sweat when they eat, a condition called gustatory hyperhidrosis or gustatory sweating.
Gustatory sweating is usually facial sweating, often around the lips and mouth, but it happens on the scalp and neck, too. Depending on what triggers this type of sweating, it may occur on both sides of the face or just one side. It's also involuntary.
Just like all of the involuntary things our bodies do -- breathe, blood pressure, heartbeat -- sweating is controlled by the autonomic nervous system, more specifically by the sympathetic nervous system. Bodies aren't perfect, though, and even a small glitch can cause problems.
There are a few different reasons why we sweat when we eat, although researchers haven't yet pinned down a tried-and-true cause. But they have found two types of triggers for gustatory sweating: physiologic and nonphysiologic. Physiologic reasons for sweating when we eat include hot temperatures, hot foods and spicy foods -- things that raise your body temperature enough to signal the sympathetic nervous system to turn down the heat.
Nonphysiologic reasons for gustatory sweating include medical causes such as Parkinson's disease, nerve damage associated with diabetes, viruses that have neurologic complications including herpes zoster (also known as shingles) and nerve damage from surgery -- things that cause the nervous system to have a communication breakdown.
One of the most common reasons people have nervous system problems is diabetes -- uncontrolled blood sugar levels leave diabetics at an increased risk for nerve damage if their disease isn't kept under control. Frey's syndrome, a condition that can occur after surgery if nerve endings have been damaged near the parotid glands (glands in our face that produce saliva), is also a common cause of gustatory sweating.
Whether due to injury or disease, if a sweat nerve is mistaken for a salivary nerve, when the brain signals it's time to salivate, we'll sweat instead.
Hum...very interesting - thanks for posting the info/link. I have had a few neuro/brain related surgeries a few years ago but all seems well in that arena.
Wondering if adrenal issues if/when I go too long w/o eating and then eat. Does not matter how much I consume either.
I eat very little meat, no dairy and no nuts(allergies) but have been eating higher sugar then normal.
I do wonder if it is a protozoa issue as I did test positive and stopped treating a while ago. I have/had many FL1953 symptoms and did great on anti-para.'s.
Sigh.....
Posted by Chipster (Member # 43143) on :
One of my neighbors had that and fixed it by taking digestive enzymes right before eating.
Chipster
Posted by steve1906 (Member # 16206) on :
Chipster, I think you're right...interesting, check out this site below, sounds like a fix to me!!!
Hum... Cold weather and strenuous exercise uses up dig. e.'s faster. I have been running in very cold weather. Upping my mileage as I feel better and there does seem to be a connection.
I am sure to have some digestive e.'s somewhere in my magic black box of supplements. Thanks for the tip. Can't hurt...
Posted by Tincup (Member # 5829) on :
If you've developed leaky gut you may have also developed the food allergies that can occur. That would cause your body to react to ALL foods you generally eat, no matter how healthy you eat or not.
The other thought is babesiosis. And these are just things to consider.
Posted by desertwind (Member # 25256) on :
I have had leaky gut in the past and like you said, everything created a reaction. This sweating thing came on after a round of Clindamycin for tooth and sinus issues.
Bab.'s was my heavy hitter infection and currently still taking malarone, art and a-babs.
Looks like it could be a number of things.
Posted by Chipster (Member # 43143) on :
Getting the mold and parasites and heavy metal out of there will likely help heal any leaky gut issues.
Chipster
Posted by desertwind (Member # 25256) on :
Yeah...working on all three right now. Guts a mess from years of abx.'s.
Posted by lax mom (Member # 38743) on :
I needed digestive enzymes since I have no gallbladder, and a med for insulin resistance to stop this from happening to me.
My A1c was fine but insulin was high.
Posted by farraday (Member # 21494) on :
Oh yeah! No wonder people think we're crazy. I sweat and tremble, choke, etc. The other weird thing that happens is my crazy, unpredictable bladder decides to work...after just a bite.
I think the salivary glands are miswired. I wonder if my thyroid removal surgery could be involved. My body was so screwed up after that...huge weight gain, can't sing a note (I used to be choir soloist and piano teacher), NO appetite but no weight loss.
I also had 2 sinus surgeries and need another...same side.
I've been told "autoimmune disease" so that often that I hate the flippant excuse for "I have no idea". My husband thinks that the lyme infection is being attacked by the immune system and that other problems (arthritis, thyroid malfunction, etc.) are a sort of "collateral damage".
Posted by Chipster (Member # 43143) on :
Farrady,
Is your sense of smell affected after your sinus surgeries?
Chipster
Posted by canefan17 (Member # 22149) on :
Liver or Bartonella in my experience.
Posted by desertwind (Member # 25256) on :
Yeah to liver. Forgot about that one. In the past when my liver e.'s were high I would sweat tons during digestion.