Warning Signs Of Babesiosis

Excessive Sweating

Excessive sweating reported by individuals with babesiosis tends to occur most often at night when they are sleeping. Many patients describe the sweating to be so excessive that it drenches their bedclothes and or sheets to the point where they need to be changed for them to go back to bed. Babesiosis patients tend to experience this type of excessive sweating at a consistent frequency of several times per week. Sweating is a mechanism implemented by the body when the individual's temperature becomes too high. The skin releases fluid and salt onto the surface of the skin, where it evaporates into the air and takes body heat along with it. It is healthy for an individual to sweat in conditions of extreme heat, but it is not normal for them to sweat excessively in a temperature-controlled environment when they are at rest. Sweating occurs in babesiosis patients because the internal thermostat is set at a higher temperature than normal to create a hostile environment for the pathogen causing babesiosis.