# Night sweats

- Category: chronic
- Review status: reviewed (every claim checked against a document named on this page)
- Sources: ICPC-3 (WONCA International Classification of Primary Care, 3rd edition) class AS10.01 - condition scope only, no dose · NICE NG12: Suspected cancer: recognition and referral (recommendation 1.10) - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK555330/ · No dose - referral pathway, no medicine given in primary care
- Verified date: 2026-08

## Verified against

- No dose - referral pathway, no medicine given in primary care

## Treatment metadata

- No drug therapy in primary care (Recognition & Referral)

## Complete treatment card

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NIGHT SWEATS
Sources: ICPC-3 (WONCA International Classification of Primary Care, 3rd edition) class AS10.01 -
         condition scope only, no dose · NICE NG12: Suspected cancer: recognition and referral
         (recommendation 1.10) - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK555330/ · No dose - referral
         pathway, no medicine given in primary care
Review status: REVIEWED against the source listed above  (2026-08)

1. NO DRUG THERAPY IN PRIMARY CARE (RECOGNITION & REFERRAL)[1st line]
   Adult    A symptom requiring work-up for tuberculosis, lymphoma, HIV, or menopause rather than a
            condition treated directly; management depends entirely on the underlying cause. - Refer
   Peds     Children follow the same pathway: recognise and refer. No primary-care medicine is
            implied.
   Source   No dose - referral pathway, no medicine given in primary care
   Why      A symptom requiring work-up for tuberculosis, lymphoma, HIV, or menopause rather than a
            condition treated directly; management depends entirely on the underlying cause.
   Caution  No medicine is prescribed for this in primary care - this entry is for recognition and
            referral. Anything given is decided by the service it is referred to.
            RED FLAG - Persistence beyond a few weeks, accompanying weight loss or fever (TB,
            lymphoma), chronic cough or haemoptysis, palpable lymphadenopathy, or known or suspected
            HIV risk.

Prices are indicative (dataset snapshot 2026-06); verify with the pharmacy.
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