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How often should I change my sheets - DH sweats a TON at night

I normally change our sheets weekly.  DH just informed me that every night he wakes up drenched in sweat.  I'm thinking every 2-3 days, should I change them daily if he's sweating that much?  Don't know why he never told me this until now.

Re: How often should I change my sheets - DH sweats a TON at night

  • Your H should head to the doctor to make sure there isn't some underlying issue that is causing that much sweating. It doesn't seem healthy to sweat that much with no exertion unless your house is a sauna.

    Until he gets a diagnosis or an all clear however, I'd change the sheets every couple days and make sure you put a waterproof mattress cover on first. All that sweat can go down into the mattress and cause a host of other issues.

  • Before seeing the doctor, I'd see if putting a lighter blanket (or use none) and utilizing a fan would help. We do the fan year round. DH and I are polar opposites on bed temperatures. And if I get too hot at night because the 20 or so comforters are on me, I have a had time getting them off myself while passed out and end up sweating like mad. If I sweat enough, I wake up then adjust.
  • I second the seeing a doctor avenue as the first thing to do. Secondly, maybe your DH should be changing the sheets. Wink
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  • imageHitchtedIn2006:
    Before seeing the doctor, I'd see if putting a lighter blanket (or use none) and utilizing a fan would help. We do the fan year round. DH and I are polar opposites on bed temperatures. And if I get too hot at night because the 20 or so comforters are on me, I have a had time getting them off myself while passed out and end up sweating like mad. If I sweat enough, I wake up then adjust.

     This.  DH sweats a lot but we use a fan every night and I have a heavier blanket than he does.  Winter months we can get by with the same fan (sometimes) under the same lighter comforter, but I usually have another blanket on top of me.  Great bill of health too.  At first I thought it could be something but after making the slight adjustments, he doesn't sweat so much.

  • We run the fan year round.  We'll see about using lighter blankets.  I know lighter blankets would seem like common sense, but it just doesn't feel like a cozy bed without them.  He said that he sweats so much he has to flip his pillow over to the dry side.
  • We have two twin size duvets of different weights on our bed, since DH sweats unless his is really light and I tend to get cold at night, and we keep the fan going all the time.  Separate comforters also cuts down on blanket-hogging!
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  • imageAussie*s_Mom:
    We run the fan year round.  We'll see about using lighter blankets.  I know lighter blankets would seem like common sense, but it just doesn't feel like a cozy bed without them.  He said that he sweats so much he has to flip his pillow over to the dry side.

     I like snuggling and sleeping under the same blanket but it is not something we can do in the summer.  WAAYYY too hot and humid.  DH's body temperature is unbelievable...nice in the winter but way too much for me in the summer.  We also have a gortex matress cover which makes it warmer as well (sometimes I even get hot) but it protects our mattress and it's warranty (especially from his sweat that could stain it).

  • Thankfully we have the waterproof mattress pad.
  • DH also sweats a lot. He loves his chillow. He doesn't use a blanket or sheets. I change sheets weekly. Call us gnarly, but I can't change them every 3 days.
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  • Please tell your husband to go to the doctor.  This was happening with my husband and we found out he had cancer.  If your husband has always been a sweater then this shouldn't be a concern, but still get him checked.
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