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Old 01-06-2011, 06:21 AM
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Originally Posted by mrsD View Post
Sweating with eating can be diabetes related. It is called gustatory sweating.

With undiagnosed diabetes, or even when you have pre-diabetic times (called impaired glucose tolerance), you can develop gastroparesis...which is a nerve degeneration affecting swallowing and the stomach.

This article is very complete with discussion of all the causes of gustatory sweating:
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/431617_3

Medscape has a strict copyright, so I cannot quote it.
If you are not a member there, you can join for free easily.
They have some very good medical articles there on everything!
Dear mrsD,

Not to change the subject of the thread.

I am so sorry about your kitty.

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