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What causes excessive under-arm perspiration? Is it Lyme, Babs, Bart? Please, I have a problem with this. It drives me nuts! Constantly wet in the pits! Tetracycline abx help reduce it, but as soon as I stop them, it returns with a vengeance. Other abx don't seem to help, as I'm on abx now, per LLMD, but not a tetracycline.
I know babs is known to cause drenching night-sweats, but this is not only at night. It's mostly during the day, and I don't think I'd describe it as drenching, as it's mainly my pits and not entire body. Any ideas, suggestions?
I'm also a Morgellons sufferer. Don't know if it's relevant.
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- I can't speak to which infection and whether babesia can cause daytime sweats but I certainly had day and night sweats - no matter what - in the decade before diagnosis of 3 tick borne infections, including babesia.
I'll focus here just on some things that I found helpful -- aside from the treatment part, of course.
COTTON CLOTHING - 100%. Even a touch of a synthetic fiber would cause more sweating for me. For women, the bra can be tricky - and men's undergarments may also be rather synthetic -- but there are some with more cotton than others.
At least aim for all other clothes that touch your skin to be 100% cotton.
For women, skirts are much easier (but, brrr, in this weather? ).
for women, tights can be a sweat producing trigger for the entire body. Not sure of your gender but either one has their own breathable clothing obstacles
and if you work, it can be much more of a challenge, of course.
no wrinkle guard stuff - that's just a chemical coating they spray on the fabric.
LL Bean & Lands' End are two places to look for tops but even they are getting a bit heavy on the wrinkle-free fabrics or stretchy lycra added.
PERSONAL CARE stuff used - avoid all petroleum. www.vitacost.com -- you can check what to leave out of your choices
WATER - be sure you are getting enough
LIVER SUPPORT - if sweating is your body's way of telling you it's a bit overloaded, be sure to help your liver move it out.
MAGNESIUM - low magnesium can contribute or even trigger excessive sweating. -
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- You say " Morgellons sufferer. Don't know if it's relevant." (end quote)
yes. always revelant. sorry. that can be helpful detail to some who may post who know much more about it. -
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- When washing under the arms, use a cloth. I recently just found this out. I really hate washcloths that hang all soppy and any kind of loofah can just tear up tender skin.
But a soft cloth with your "safe" soap works better than just hands. Saw a video from a natural health magazine on this just last month that was about why someone could still have body odor even after a shower. Forget which one. -
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- Histamine reaction? LymeToo has posted many excellent articles about this lately. -
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Thank you, Keebler. Hisamine, hmmmm. Maybe. My body is in constant hyper-immune mode. I'm always rashy/reddened skin--goes along with Morgellons. I'll look into it.
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- Vinegar, especially makes me all rashy, red and sweaty. that's the number one ingredient I'd be sure to avoid while you sort this out. This may help:
The herb, STINGING NETTLE may serve to compensate for the reaction by calming the the cytokine storm that is often part of a herx reaction. -
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