-
- Also known as perspiration
- Sometimes called transpiration
- Contains salt
- Can cause embarrassment
- All mammals sweat
- Hyperhidrosis: Excessive sweating
- Anhidrosis or Hypohidrosis: Lack of sweating
- Lack of sweating is life threatening
- Sleep hyperhidrosis: Night sweats
- 2 kinds of sweat glands: Eccrine and apocrine
- Male sweat can contain pheromones
- Excessive sweating might be caused by an underlying disease
- Botox used to treat excessive sweating
- In some cases excessive sweating is treated by surgery
- Night sweats are common in tuberculosis and lymphoma
-
-
Sweating is the bodies natural way of cooling itself. When you sweat, it mainly occurs under your arms, your feet and your palms. When the moisture from the sweat evaporates it cools the skin helping maintain body temperature. When your temperature rises above 98.6 degrees your brain sends the signal to your body telling it to sweat.
-
Causes
Sweating can also be caused by stress and nervousness. Many illnesses also produce sweating as a symptom. When you have excessive sweating it is known as hyperhidrosis. Nausea often produces sweating. Sweating is also common with fever. Women going through menopause will also have bouts of sweating. -
Disclaimer
The content in this page is not a substitute for professional medical advice. If you think you have Sweating, please consult your doctor. -
-
-
Sweating Questions
-
My daughter doesn't perspire at all and overheats all the time - what's wrong? 1 AnswerPerspire means lack of sweating, which is known as Anhidrosis in medical science. It can be mild or moderate and even life threatening because the body will ove... read more -
Excessive sweating of the palm? 2 AnswersYou may have a condition called Hyperhidrosis which is excessive sweating, commonly effecting the palms and other areas of the body. There are treatments for i... read more -
Anything that helps withdrawal symptoms like stomach aches, irritability and sweating? 6 AnswersI am a physician, board certified in internal medicine. First--bravo to you for trying to quite smoking (both). The cigarettes are so bad for you (you know ... read more -
does influenza b make you sweat madly and give you a high body temp but your feeling freezing cold 2 AnswersI am a physician, board certified in internal medicine. The answer is yes, certainly. A viral infection such as Influenza can certainly give you sweats, ... read more
view more questions...
-
-
Sweating Discussion and Blogs
- ExcessiveSweating-Treatment.com Excessive Sweating and Kids
- BlogSpot: Tales of a Night Sweat
- Vancouver Forum: Sweat Problem
- MSN Groups: Sweaty Forum
- Go Ask Alice: No Sweat: Could it be Anhidrosis?
- MedHelp: Dry Skin/Lack of Perspiration
- Women 4 Fitness: Straight Facts About Sweating
- This page was created by Elizabeth, a Part Time Guide in the Mahalo Greenhouse (see the original), and curated by Daryn.
- If you'd like to help us create the best spam free search results on the Internet, apply to be a Part Time Guide!</em>
Featured Mahalo Topics
-
On Twitter powered by Twitter
-
-
Heard thunder. Hope that it rains. am sweating now.
-
I need my bff to STOP sweating the Saints and Reggie Bush about now
-
RT @rustyrockets: Saints Vs Colts? Holy folk sweating in a contest with young horses? I watched a film with that premise and was judged to be a pervert.
-
Why was I sweating ...walking to class... I'm sitting in class and sweating still WTF it's like 28 degrees tho lol
view more tweets...
-
About this page
Page Manager
This page has no page manager.
Vertical Manager
This page has no vertical manager.
.jpg){kind=link}
