Q: Dr. please why sweating profusely is on with me? My BP always 150/100 but thank God, it was 139/90 on my last clinic. Question 1) early headache between 4-6am. 2) pains from my left shoulder to fingers most time and slurping of morning saliva. Age 65yrs. Please tips of stroke and signs.

A: Thanks for writing in. There are a number of questions here. We’ll take some today and the others tomorrow.

Sweating is normal during strenuous physical activity and in warm weather. In fact, as we sweat and it evaporates, we actually feel cooler. Unfortunately, for some people sweating is an issue as they ‘appear’ to pour the stuff by the buckets or would start the day with patches of sweat on their under-arms etc. This inevitably leads to body odour.

However, there may be other medical causes for your sweats. Symptoms that may suggest medical causes include…