Do you usually need less clothes to feel warm while being outside or inside when the weather is cold?
Are you overweighted?

My height is 1.7m and I weigh 68kg. So I think I am not overweight. When I am not sleeping on the bed (whether outside or inside), I am afraid of the cold and I need a few layers to keep warm. So in the hotel room it is funny to see my wife under the thick layers of blanket, and on my half of the bed, I have to pull the thick blankets completely out from where they are tugged below the mattress, leaving behind only the thin white sheet. As I try to sleep, I will be struggling with the sensation of heat.

Do you feel that sensation of heat all over your body or just in your limbs?
Are you experiencing this only when you try to fall asleep or all night during sleep time?

It's all over the body and all through the night.

Do you have problems with your thyroid gland?
Have you tried to measure your body temperature when this sensation occur?
Is this causing you sleep interruptions?

I don't have any problem with my thyroid gland. I have not measure the temperature but I think it should be normal. I think this situation does not interrupt my sleep, but my frequent need to urinate (2 to 3 times) in the night does.

For many years before 1993, I was having severe sweaty palm problem. I had a procedure called video-endoscopic sympathectomy done which stopped the palm sweating completely. (The procedure involves cutting away some nerves near the spine). After the operation, the doctor said my palm temperature will rise a little, effectively drying out any palm sweat. My other body parts (like chest, back and arm pit) sweat more, I guess to balance off the reduction in palm sweat. I do not sweat while sleeping. Do you think the above operation has anything to do with the "false" sensation of heat?

You are right about compensatory sweating. It's a frequent side effect after thoracoscopic sympathectomy.
Some clinical studies has shown that compensatory sweating of the lower extremities are significantly increased in patients with hyperhidrosis and facial blushing, but sweating of the trunk only increases in patients operated only for hyperhidrosis.


Are you experiencing facial sweating when eating certain foods (particularly spicy food or acidic fruits)?
Have you checked your prostate gland because of frequent night urination?

Do you take some medicines?
Are you exposed to some chemicals at your working place?
Is your blood sugar level normal?
Do you have symptoms of joint pain, inflammation, and stiffness?

Yes, my face sweats heavily when taking hot spicy hot food but not when taking acidic fruit.

I have not done any check of my prostate gland. By the way, where to get this done? A GP or a specialist? In the last two day, I experience very occasional mild pain just at the upper limit of pubic hair area, slightly towards the left side. Has this anything to do with the glands?

I am not on any medication. I am not exposed to any chemicals throughout the day. My work sees me in a sitting position most of the time either driving around, in my office or at other meeting places.

I did a blood test on 20 Oct 2007. Serum glucose reading was 87 mg/dl.

I do have very mild stiffness & pain of the finger joints in the morning.

Gustatory sweating (facial sweating when eating certain foods) is a frequent side effect (less commonly reported) after thoracoscopic sympathectomy. Its incidence is significantly related to the extent of sympathectomy or the location of primary hyperhidrosis. Still, there is no generally accepted pathophysiologic explanation for this phenomenon.

You can get your prostate gland checked at urologist with rectal digital exam and simple non-invasive blood test which checks for levels of a specific antigen produced by the prostate and gives your doctor an indication of whether or not there may be a problem with the prostate.
Do you have low back pain, fever, urgent and frequent urination along with urinating during the night and groin pain?

Serum glucose reading of 87 mg/dl is known as high-normal fasting blood sugar and values ABOVE 87 mg/dl are considered as a signal for potential diabetes risk.

Do you also have joint swelling, redness, or warmth?
Did the joint symptoms started gradually or suddenly?
Did the symptoms migrated from one joint to another, or fluctuated in intensity?
Do you have family history of arthritis or rheumatic disease?

My frequent night urination does not come with any low back pain, fever or groin pain.

As for the blood sugar at 87 mg/dl, do you mean it is at the high end of the safe zone? Should I try to reduce it?

Finger joint pain - no swelling, redness nor warmth. It came gradually. No migration or fluctuation. No family history.

The information about "normal "blood sugar levels is a medical news, result of a recent study, that so-called "normal" test values may actually predict type 2 diabetes.
You should watch for your weight and lifestyle, as well as an assessment of the lipid profile.

Do you get worse pain above pubic area during a bowel movement?
Do you have a frequent urge to urinate, although you may pass only small amounts of urine?
Are you feeling a burning sensation when urinating?

Do you usually find difficult to pick an item up from a table or grasp a pencil or pen?
Do you have bony growth spurs at the joint at the end of the finger?
Is the morning stiffness usually lasting for no more than 30 minutes?

No pain above pubic area during bowel movement. Yes I have more frequent urge to urinate, however the amount of urine is normal (not small amount). No burning sensation when urinating.

No problem picking up things from a table. No bony growth spurs. Morning stiffness sometimes last more than 30 minutes.

Are you experiencing penis and scrotum discomfort together with other symptoms?
Have you noticed pain or stiffness in your finger joints after strenuous work or exercise that can decreases with rest?
Do you have crunching feeling or crackling sound when the joint is used?