Re: /Emma- increased sweating

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Interesting...my daughter is on topomax and also has

the " clammy-sweatys " I thought it was related to

her developing pneumonia but as usual when I think I

know something I don't. As a Canadian I think that an

internist practices internal medicine however I cannot

say for fact.

My first post...hope it works since I'm not very

computer or internet savvy.

--- & Hill rich.sue.hill@...>

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> Doing an email at the mo to 's school about

> topomax side effects etc, one of which is actually

> decreased sweating, and while I was looking up the

> techno name for it....I came across a site about

> sweating fullstop which probably says nothing you

> guys don't already know, but since you both wondered

> about it in previous messages, thought I'd copy what

> this site says...

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> " Sweating results from activation of the sympathetic

> nervous sytem, sometimes called our flight or fight

> response in reaction to something in our

> enviroment " .........and then goes on about one of

> the causes being overheated etc...goes on to say " if

> excessive sweating continues, your Dr might want to

> order blood tests to check your metabolism including

> your thyroid gland... "

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> Soooo.....in the case where the sweating actually

> accompanies or follows a seizure, I guess the cause

> would more likely be the stress response, similar to

> glucose rising, but if it precedes a seizure or

> occurs at times when there is no actual seizure

> activity going on to provoke a stress response, then

> maybe something like a thryoid problem could be

> involved metabolically as part of the seizure cause

> fullstop?

> I didn't realise sweating was tied into thyroid

> function - and here's me supposedly learning abut

> thyroid stuff to deal with my own woes. I guess I

> have a fair way to go yet in my education

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> Another site says that " idiopathic hiperhdrosis

> (excessive sweating) is the most common form of

> excessive sweating. It is called idiopathic because

> no cause can be found for it. It can develop during

> childhood or later in life. Sometimes other

> relatives may be affected, suggesting a genetic

> link. It can affect any part of the body but the

> palms and soles or the armpits are most commonly

> affected areas " .

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> K - back to looking up DEcreased sweating now

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