I agree with what most of the others have said and think that it is from the RSD.

I sweat a lot now and am having to use a lot more deodrant than what I did before I got RSD as I am always worried that someone will be able to smell the sweat - even though my mum says that she can't and no one else has complained of it.

I don't like getting a shower/bath now due to the sweating issues. By the time I get out of the bath tub or shower, I am really sweaty again and just as bad as before I went in! My RSD limbs tend to go bright red also which can be very embarrassing!!

If you look on most RSD sites, it says that increased sweating is a very common symptom of RSD. I think meds can also increase sweating - I know some meds did for me so it might be worth looking at the side effects.

Sorry that you have to deal with this also - just know that you aren't alone and that we understand what you are going through!!

Something a little off-topic maybe, but since the RSD, I can no longer use a deodorant that contains alcohol. It burns! I also have to be careful with certain hair dyes and bio-shampoos (Weleda uses alcohol as a preservative instead of parabens and the alcohol burns too).

Thanks for the additional info on the shampoos and Things!!

Hi Sherrie,

What part of Ohio are you from? I'm from Cincinnati, Ohio. We live in a bad spot for RSD! In the Summer, and days like today the humidity is really awful. In the Winter it gets really cold, and the cold affects my pain the worst. In between, the barometric pressure goes up and down all the time. There is a saying in Cincinnati, if you don't like the weather, wait 10 minutes and it will change. On to the real topic(sweating), I sweat the same way,it just pours off me. I got my hair cut so short it looks like I'm joining the Army, but I don't think they would take 50 yr. old out of shape and over weight men with RSD and Failed Back Surgery symptoms. I've never been a person that sweats a lot until I was diagnosed with RSD. I try and stay in the shade when I'm outside, and when I'm in the car the A.C. is cranked. We don't have central air, just overhead fans and window units, but they work, and keep us comfortable for now. I almost forgot, I feel like I'm Granny, from the Beverly Hillbillies. I can always tell when it's going to rain or snow by my body. My RSD really flares, and I ache all over. Who needs a Weather Man when us with RSD can tell when it's going to rain.

Blessings,

jmac51

I stopped having hot flashes 1 1/2 years prior to the accident with resultant RSD but they came back in full force. My pain md has me taking a non-prescription thyroid medicine called Idoral which seems to sorten the number of sweats and so gives some relief (my thyroid tests are fine) although any outdoor work or hard housework makes me look like I've been standing under a waterfall. I've given up looking classy at work and keep a down quilt on my "bad" leg and a chinese/japanese hand fan close by at work and home for those hot moments. I hate the cold weather because the pain intensifies but know with the coming hot weather I'm in for the wet hair look. I refuse to be embarassed by something I can't control jbut then I call my surgery scar my badge of courage. Lynnie....ONE MOMENT CAN CHANGE EVERYTHING!

yep figured it could help someone out. :0)

Yes I tak ehigh blood pressure meds and one is tenormin!!

too i have to be careful i have tackycardia severe and have to take metapropol and that also makes my bp low and the 2 of them make it crazy low LOL

carrie

This is so weird they changed my bp med to benicar hct and metropolol because heart rate was too fast, now it seems my bp is too low also.,. I wish someone would put me on the right meds soemtime???

here is a post i posted to someone else maybe this will help expalin the sweating thing and possible other problmes ...

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I have been told that the hypertension oh high blood pressure and sweating is contributed to the RSD... High blood pressure and pluse because or pain... The more pain you are you will realize the higher those things become... The sweating is a part of RSD... I read a book that said RSD affects a certian system called the sympathetic and parasympathetic systems whish are responsable for sweat, blood pressure and heart rate and sleep... I can not remember what book it was from but i know that it affects those systems you can read more about it... at the website below ... Here its the not the best explaination but the only one i can find until i find it in my book... Our sympathetic systems are always functions in a person with RSD... I hope this helps and isnt to confussing... I will find the book and repost more information... I know how frustrating it is to sweat and have high blood pressure and to try and deal with all of those things...Hope this informations helps...




Our Nervous System
There are two components to our nervous system: The Sympathetic and the Parasympathetic. Both components are in operation simultaneously, and they balance each other. When we experience stress, our Sympathetic system becomes dominate and causes our heart to beat faster to get more blood flow, our breathing rate to increase to get more oxygen, our sweat glands to function to cool us off, adrenal glands becomes active, etc. After the stress has passed, our Sympathetic system reduces its effect, and our Parasympathetic system becomes dominate and helps us recover. Our heart rate slows, breathing goes down, we stop sweating, etc. Our Sympathetic and Parasympathetic systems have opposite effects on our bodies: one to handle stress and the other to recover from the stress.

http://runninginjuryfree.org/2008/09/overtraining.html

A person also mentions it on this health board..
http://www.healthboards.com/boards/s...d.php?t=656578

Painfree hugs and hope things get better