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night sweats

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Sources: SI health summary (own words), checked against NLM MedlinePlus and WHO · Reference · https://medlineplus.gov; https://www.mayoclinic.org/search/search-results?q=night%20sweats; https://www.who.int; https://edcd.gov.np

What it is

See a clinician for night sweats with cough, fever or weight loss (TB test).

Sources: SI health summary (own words), checked against NLM MedlinePlus and WHO · Reference · MedlinePlus (US NLM) · Mayo Clinic · World Health Organization (WHO) · EDCD — Epidemiology & Disease Control Division (Nepal)

Causes

tuberculosis, infections, menopause, anxiety, low sugar at night, some medicines, lymphoma (rare). See a clinician for night sweats with cough, fever or weight loss (TB test).

Care & treatment

Cool room, light bedding.

⚠️ Red-flag signs — seek urgent care

See a clinician for night sweats with cough, fever or weight loss (TB test).

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Text: SI summary in its own words (CC BY 4.0) with NLM MedlinePlus public-domain summary; facts checked against WHO fact sheets (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO, paraphrased with attribution) and Mayo Clinic (linked reference only, no text used); ICD-10 and labels from Wikidata (CC0).