12 Reasons You're Always So Hot and Sweaty
Here's what to know if you're constantly roasting.
Everybody else is reaching for jackets and sweatshirts and you're wishing it were even cooler. Why is it that you always feel so darn hot? Even worse, it's not just a one-time thing, and it’s started more than one round of air-conditioner and turn-the-heat-down-already wars. And then there's the whole issue of covers...or the issue of tossing them off the bed when your partner was perfectly happy with where they were. There are such things as cooling blankets, but it's good to figure out what's making you so hot before buying one.
What's making you run so much hotter than everyone else, and when it is a problem?
According to Vineeth Mohan, M.D., an endocrinologist and chairman in the department of endocrinology and metabolism at Cleveland Clinic Weston Hospital in Florida, people have different tolerances to temperature and there’s a great degree of normal variation.
“When a patient mentions generally feeling too hot or “overheated,” physicians must try to distinguish between normal human variation vs. various potential underlying medical conditions,” Dr. Mohan says. “Medical conditions rarely cause heat intolerance as the sole symptom.” So doctors aim to uncover other signs and symptoms that might point to a more serious issue.
If you feel hot all the time but don’t have other major symptoms, you’ll probably just want to make tweaks to your living and workspaces to maintain a cool ambient temperature. Even so, if you're sweating through your clothes or sheets, heating up even when it’s below freezing, or buying CVS out of antiperspirant, you’re likely wondering what the @#$% is going on—rightfully so.
“It's important to note that feeling hot can be a normal bodily response, but if it's persistent, severe, or accompanied by other concerning symptoms, consult a health care professional,” adds Michael Weiner, DO, an internal medicine provider and chief medical officer at MSU Health Care at Michigan State University.
Bur first, check out the answers experts gave us on what's behind your feeling hot all the time, plus strategies for keeping cool once and for all.
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