Excessive sweating
Hello,
I have a problem that I have been sweating very often for about 2 months now. I have always been a person who sweats quickly and a lot, but I never perceived it that way. I woke up in mid-May repeatedly in the morning with damp hair in the spot where I was lying on the pillow. I also sweated under the blanket on my legs or back. Not strongly, you couldn't even see traces on the sheet, but it was just a little damp and I felt it when I wiped it off with my hands. I then got scared because night sweats can be a symptom of various diseases, but then I soon realized that the sweating has nothing to do with sleeping, but that I sweat with every increase in temperature, even during the day. For example, if it's 26 degrees outside and I sit in my heated car, sweat immediately runs down my face. If it's only 18 degrees and I'm wearing just a t-shirt, I don't sweat, but if I put on a shirt, I immediately notice the difference. I also sweat a lot on my hands, my fingers get very wet when playing on the console. Even if I have my hands in my pocket, they get slightly damp. At first, I thought the excessive sweating could be due to my weight (I am male, 25 years old, 1.68 m tall, and weigh 105 kg), naturally one sweats with every little effort, but why do I even have sweaty hands?
I then got total panic and researched on the internet (I am an extreme hypochondriac and internet research is not recommended, I know) and then I read more and more often that it could also be leukemia or something. I went to the doctor around May 20th and he said it could be due to my hypothyroidism, but he scheduled a blood test. The result then worried me even more. My thyroid levels were fine, the doctor said, but my white blood cells were slightly elevated. The normal value goes up to 9.0...I had 10.5, however. My doctor said it could be a minor infection somewhere, but I immediately thought of leukemia. 4 weeks earlier I had a bad stomach flu, in an internet forum, someone told me that the white blood cells could also come from that, but as I said, that was 4 weeks ago. I can't believe that I still had elevated white blood cells. I'm also a non-smoker and only rarely drink alcohol...and definitely not drugs, I have never touched them in my life. My doctor said the white blood cell count is not dramatic, and especially in combination with the other values (which were all fine) not an indication of any disease or anything. But I still thought of leukemia, I still think of it today.
Two months have passed now and I'm still afraid because I still sweat often. Mostly when I lie down in bed and cover myself (although I have already got a thinner blanket). If it's not very warm outside and it's cool at night (around 12 degrees), I don't sweat, but on warmer days, I sweat under my blanket even at 18 degrees. I went back to the doctor 2 weeks ago because I had a bad cold and mentioned the white blood cells again. He said if I'm worried, we can do another blood test in 4 weeks to see if the white blood cells have come down again (since I was just sick, the white blood cells would be elevated anyway, that's why the 4 weeks). By the way, it was also the hottest day of the year at that time (31 degrees here), and I sweated extremely.
Lately, I haven't been sweating as much. Only occasionally when I'm covered, but I still have pretty sweaty hands (I usually get them when I touch things, like a Playstation controller for example. I find it somehow strange that sweating on the hands is triggered by contact with objects). Recently, I discovered red scratches on my legs and I mistook them for petechiae. But I think they are just scratches. You can see that I still have a terrible fear of having leukemia. My doctor told me that it could also just be nerves, especially since I am often anxious and have a fast pulse when I'm scared.
What do you think about this matter? Could leukemia really be behind the sweating (the white blood cells still scare me), or could it be from the thyroid or even my overweight or anxiety disorder? I'm really scared to have my blood taken again.
