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I feel hot but don't have a temperature and tired all the time

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AdamD
AdamD

I am 87 and suffer from leg ulcers and essential thrombocytosis (high blood platelets) but my biggest problems are I have periods (from 10 minutes to 3 hours) of feeling boiling hot and as though I am sweating but I have no temperature, my skin doesn't feel hot to other people or look red and flushed and I don't sweat at all.  It's as if I have just the sensation of feeling hot - even down to feeling like sweat is dripping off me - but that is all - no temperature, flushing, sweating, etc.  I also feel exhausted most days - unable to walk from one room to the next - and sometimes sleep 18 hours a day.  I am taking anagrelide for the platelets and a variety of other medication.  I have had every test under the sun but no doctor can come up with an explanation, let alone a cure.  Is there anyone else out there that has had symptoms like this?

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  • acuteabdo
    acuteabdo AdamD

    Posted

    Hi,

    Are you still suffering with this?

    J

    • AdamD
      AdamD acuteabdo

      Posted

      Yes, and if anything it's getting worse. I am also on medication for high blood pressure and benign prostate hypertrophy amongst others, plus morphine for the pain of the ulcers.  Any help would be very much appreciated...

    • acuteabdo
      acuteabdo AdamD

      Posted

      Hello,

      I know that this may sound a bit blunt and for that I apologies, but how would you say your mood is? sometimes symptoms like this can be due to anxiety/depression, especially the amount you are sleeping.

      This is something that is fairly common, but underdiagnosed and treated in older individuals.

      Best wishes,

      J

    • acuteabdo
      acuteabdo

      Posted

      If you beleive this not to be the cause it may be useful to check if your medications are causing this. A low level of androgens (testosterone) can cause hot flashes in men as well.

      J

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