Sweaty Palms and Feet at Night

Warm bedding, a heated room, occlusive socks, and an evening illness can all make hands or feet damp. Persistent sweating can also occur with hyperhidrosis. Notice whether the moisture is limited to the palms and soles or soaks sleepwear and bedding, and whether it wakes you.

Tell a clinician about fever, cough, snoring, pauses in breathing, daytime sleepiness, tremor, diarrhoea, weight change, or low-blood-sugar symptoms. Night sweating can accompany conditions such as hyperthyroidism, hypoglycaemia, or obstructive sleep apnoea, but sweating alone cannot identify a cause.

Try a cooler sleeping environment, light breathable bedding, and clean, dry socks that can be changed if damp. Record the time, room conditions, medicines, alcohol, food, dreams, and other symptoms for several nights. Do not stop prescribed medicines without advice.

If the pattern continues or disrupts rest, arrange an appointment. Treatment for focal sweating may include iontophoresis or other clinician-led options after the cause and suitability have been considered.

Book medical advice for repeated unexplained night sweating, especially with fever, weight change, swollen glands, persistent cough, or marked tiredness. Seek urgent help for sweating with confusion, fainting, chest discomfort, severe breathlessness, or a suspected low blood sugar episode.

Ask whether the sweating is focal or generalised, whether your medicines or sleep symptoms matter, and what examination or tests could clarify the cause. Bring your overnight notes and a list of prescribed and non-prescribed products.