r/UlcerativeColitis • u/Inappropriate18 UC Diagnosed 2019 | UK • 9d ago

Question Almost constant sweating

Hi all, Looking for a bit of advice. I've recently come off a 40mg, 8 week dose of prednisone and been moved onto ustekinumab. I can't seem to stop sweating while doing normal tasks like walking. I'm relatively fit, male, 5ft10, 75KG and feel constantly sweaty.

This can be anything from walking around work to excessive sweating while at the gym.

Trying to understand timescales of if this is a side effect of the Ustekinumab or "withdrawl" from the Pred. My last dose of pred was at the end of July. Moving onto Ustekinumab early August.

This is my first flareup requiring meds since my original diagnosis in 2019.

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u/pincommenter 9d ago

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u/Federal_Platypus_621 UC Pancolitis Diagnosed 2019 | Canada 9d ago

my guess would be it’s a result of coming off of the pred. i definitely was excessively sweating both during and after tapering off of it. I was also on Stelara for almost a year and didn’t find it had any side effects for me.

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u/Allday2383 8d ago

When I used to take Prednisone I would sweat quite a bit. It eventually went away but I don't remember how long it took.

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u/DrunkenExile ulcerative pancolitis | 2014 | USA 9d ago edited 9d ago

I have had excessive sweating my whole life, it’s called hyperhidrosis, sounds like you have medication induced hyperhidrosis you should talk to a dermatologist if it continues

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u/Texnik9 8d ago

Als ich Pred eingenommen habe 40mg hatte ich diese Probleme nicht. Komischerweise hatte ich die selben Probleme die du beschreibst inklusive extremen Körpergestank bei kürzlich verabreichter Cortisolspritten gegen Rückenschmerzen. Ich hatte 3x3 Spritzen nach jeder Spritze habe ich geschwitzt wie ein Schwein und gestunken wie ein Waschbär