Night sweats during your period can affect some people who menstruate.
Night sweatsare usually harmless and are, in fact, treatable.
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What Causes Night Sweats During Your Period?
Night sweats during your period are typically normal and harmless.
Night sweats occur due to regular hormonal changes that happen during your monthlymenstrual cycle.
As progesterone levels increase, estrogen decreases.
This hormonal fluctuation can affect thehypothalamus, which is responsible for regulating internal body temperature.
This is due to hormonal imbalances.
Other symptoms can include heart palpitations and hot flashes.
Can Night Sweats Be a Sign of Early Menopause?
POI is a condition in which your ovaries stop functioning normally prior to age 40.
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They can be frustrating to deal with, affecting your quality of life and interrupting your sleep.
Symptoms likeunexplained weight losscan be associated with other health conditions.These conditions include many cancers, especially blood-related cancers likelymphoma.
People withsleep apneaalso may experience night sweats.
This could signal another health issue.
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