Perspiration is one of the natural ways to regulate our body temperature. The rate of perspiration varies with the change of seasons as well as from person to person. Often, emotional and natural surroundings act as catalysts, increasing loss of body water through perspiration. But increased loss of body water can turn out to be [...]
What is hyperhidrosis, you may ask. Well, hyperhidrosis is a condition where our body sweats profusely and this mechanism is controlled by our sympathetic nervous system. For example when you undergo a lot of physical exertion, it is this nervous system that supplies extra blood to the skin to evenly distribute the heat produced. This [...]
Have you heard of the stop sweating start living technique? Nobody likes to have sweaty arm pits or sweaty anything for that matter. This can be extremely embarrassing. Not to mention if along with it you have body odor. The medical term for excessive sweating is called “hyperhidrosis”.
The brain which controls the nervous system [...]
Facial sweat is normal since it is one way of how our body tries to cool itself down. However, approximately 2-3% of the world?s population is suffering from excessive facial sweating. This is caused by a wide range of reasons such as hereditary genes to a hyperactive sympathetic nervous system. Certain medical illnesses and medications [...]
Few things are more embarrassing than excessive underarm sweating known as hyperhidrosis. You wave to a friend or motion during a presentation, and all you can hope is that no one notices how drenched the underarms of your shirt are. Worst of all, you can’t control your sweating no matter how much antiperspirant you lather [...]