Hi
I was wondering if anyone has any insights on overheating to the point of sweating in bed - usually early in the morning. To the point of needing to change pyjama tops in the night.

This has come and gone over the last 15 years and recently I took to taking 1/4 asprin. This actually reduces the severity but is a paliative, I can tell if I miss a day it will return. Miss several (like for a tooth extraction) and it comes back to full effect in about 5 days. Nighttime heart arhytmia is likewise a co-factor and responds similarly.

The doctor can find no reason for it in blood tests - no anaemia, no thyroid indicators, no TB (I had X-Rays). He also thought the asprin should (in most people) actually cause overheating being pyrophillic. He described the arhytmia as ectopic and quite undramatic, and typical if it occurs when lying down. Certainly his explanation fits the feeling.

Apart from a little nagging concern about thyroid problems not always being obvious in blood tests in the early stages I am reassured by the investigation but I have an inqiring mind and wondered if there were other things to consider.

OK 'catters - any ideas.

I am very fit for a fifty something, not overweight, male (just in case HRT is suggested - maybe it could be), and no other long term medical problems, and very few short term ones like colds etc.