Excessive Sweating

Excessive sweating means those people who sweats more than is needed to regulate body temperature. If we estimate then our 2% of population are suffer from excessive sweating but some says 1%. Hyperhidrosis is a medical term for excessive sweating. In a clinical condition it says that if human body sweat more than that of body need it. It can be inherited or people can also suffer from functional ,emotional and social level. The problem may be limited to a few problem areas or may be all over. Hyperhidrosis is not temporary condition as you think. Some people had this problem from since childhood, moreover if they live in cold and hot climate then they will have a constant sweating. Palm and armpits are the main part of our body where excessive sweating can occur. Actually it mainly starts emerges after the puberty stage.

Parts of body where excessive sweating occurs.

  • Arm

  • Palm

  • Feet

  • Hand (etc)

 

CAUSES:

They are many causes for excessive sweating. As per external effects like eating habits, general health and day to day life activity. Excessive sweating can also suffer from using new drugs and medicine or by stopping certain drugs and medicine. It can be personal factors like stress, anger,nervousness and overweight. Due to genetic variation, excessive sweating can also occur. They are also medical cause like overactive sweat glands.

Medical cause:

The medical causes of excessive sweating is overactive sweat glands.

The total sweat glands of human body is about 2 to 4 millions. Our human body is cool down by sweat glands.
Some sweat at a normal level while others sweat more than they would like. Those who sweat more than necessary to keep the body cool have overactive sweat glands.
The level of different people's sweat glands activity is as different as the speed of hair growth.

General causes.

Firstly, Due to Smoking you can have a high level of sweating, moreover same effect with alcohol.

Secondly, in general caffeine and coffee increase human pulses and also chances of sweating,

Thirdly, having spicy food will heats up your body, which will increase the rate of sweating, moreover from your body awful smell will come up.

At last any of hot drinks will heat up human body and raise the chances of sweating.

Two category of hyperhidrosis:

  • Focal Hyperhidrosis,

  • Generalized Hyperhidrosis.

Generalized Hyperhidrosis is due to underlying diseases like malignancies, infection and hormonal imbalances. It mostly occurs in defined body area such as palm, soles and armpits.

Focal Hyperhidrosis: It is also called localised excessive sweating. When person is resting then sweat pearls formed. Some people had this problem on their palm and in this condition they cant handle paper without soaking it. Due to excess of sweat their hand turn into wet and cold. Moreover some people have this problem at their underarm. So, thats they have to change their shirt so often. People with excessive localised sweating feel insecure.

 

 

 











 
 

 

 

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