Excessive sweating is one of the most common clinical symptoms of diabetic autonomic neuropathy and autonomic neuropathy, a complication of diabetes mellitus, which mainly manifests itself as significant sweating in the head, face, neck, chest and abdomen of the patient at normal room temperature, and less or no sweating in the lower extremity areas. Diabetic patients who have poor blood sugar control, so that blood sugar is at a high level for a long time, will lead to an accelerated basal metabolic rate of the body, causing impaired glucose metabolism, autonomic dysfunction, autonomic nerve damage, sympathetic excitation, which in turn leads to increased secretion of sweat glands, reduced heat resistance, increased sweating and even profuse sweating.
Diabetic patients with hypoglycemia caused by diet or medication may also experience profuse sweating, panic attacks, dizziness, nausea, and weakness, etc. Patients who sweat at this time tend to sweat all over with the other obvious symptoms mentioned above, and should be given immediate symptomatic treatment such as sugar supplementation.
In addition, if a diabetic patient sweats frequently, other causes should be ruled out, such as co-morbid tuberculosis, hyperthyroidism, menopausal syndrome, etc.