Abnormal sweating in diabetic patients requires vigilance

  During the progression of diabetes, abnormal sweating is often an important sign of diabetic autonomic neuropathy. According to statistics, 60% of diabetic patients will eventually develop sweating disorders.  Chen, 66 years old, has been suffering from diabetes for 5 years, and his blood sugar is usually under good control. But recently there is a thing that makes him very confused, obviously it is a cold winter, the amount of clothing is also normal, did not do any exercise but also sweating on the back, so he is very confused. So he went to the hospital and the test results showed that Chen Lao-Be had autonomic neuropathy.  Many diabetic patients feel very prone to sweating after the disease, while also different from the normal sweating yet. Common abnormal symptoms include: half of the body sweating and half not sweating, sweating as soon as you eat, or sweating sticky and yellow on the body. For these abnormal phenomena, some people think that the body is weaker after having diabetes, so there will be a lot of sweating; some people think that they may be too fat, a little exercise will sweat; some other diabetic patients only care about whether their blood sugar is well controlled, sweating does not matter, and do not care about other abnormal reactions of the body. These views are incorrect, so let’s listen to what the experts have to say.  During the development of diabetes, abnormal sweating is an important sign of diabetic vegetative neuropathy, and 60% of diabetic patients will eventually develop sweating disorders. Decreased or stopped sweating on the feet is one of the earliest manifestations of diabetic phytoneuropathy, and in severe cases involves the lower extremities and lower body; whereas the upper body shows increased sweating, including the cephalothorax and back, which may be a compensation for decreased sweating in the lower body. In addition, patients may exhibit a variety of sweating abnormalities such as hyperhidrosis, oligohidrosis, restrictive hyperhidrosis, and gustatory hyperhidrosis (profuse sweating of the neck and full head within minutes after eating, which can be stimulated by certain foods).  Diabetic patients should be careful not to blow immediately after sweating or fall asleep while sweating, otherwise it will easily cause a cold and aggravate the condition by making blood sugar fluctuate. Patients with diabetes should pay attention to this symptom and go to the hospital for relevant examination in time. Once the diagnosis is confirmed, you should actively cooperate with the doctor for treatment. Diabetic patients who do not have this symptom should also take early precautions to prevent autonomic neuropathy from occurring.