Sweating is the release of liquid from the body's sweat glands. This liquid contains salt. This process is also called perspiration. Sweating helps your body stay cool. Sweat is commonly found under the arms, on the feet, and on the palms of the hands.
The amount you sweat depends on how many sweat glands you have.
A person is born with about two to four million sweat glands. The glands start to become fully active during puberty. Women have more sweat glands then men, but men's glands are more active. Sweating is controlled by the autonomic nervous system. This is the part of the nervous system that is not under your control. Sweating is the body's natural way of regulating temperature.
Things that can make you sweat more include
1. Hot weather
2. Exercise
3. Situations that make you nervous, angry, embarrassed, or afraid
Causes
☞ Alcohol
☞ Caffeine
☞ Cancer
☞ Complex regional pain syndrome
☞ Emotional or stressful situations (anxiety)
☞ Essential hyperhidrosis
☞ Exercise
☞ Fever
☞ Infection
☞ Low blood sugar (hypoglycemia)
☞ Medications such as thyroid hormone, morphine, drugs to reduce fever, and medicines to treat mental disorders
☞ Menopause
☞ Spicy foods (known as "gustatory sweating")
☞ Warm temperatures
☞ Withdrawal from alcohol or narcotic painkillers
Home Care
➽ Drink plenty of fluids (water or better fluids containing electrolytes) to replace sweat
➽ Lower room temperature a little bit to prevent more sweating
➽ Wash your face and body if the salt from sweat has dried on your skin
The amount you sweat depends on how many sweat glands you have.
A person is born with about two to four million sweat glands. The glands start to become fully active during puberty. Women have more sweat glands then men, but men's glands are more active. Sweating is controlled by the autonomic nervous system. This is the part of the nervous system that is not under your control. Sweating is the body's natural way of regulating temperature.
Things that can make you sweat more include
1. Hot weather
2. Exercise
3. Situations that make you nervous, angry, embarrassed, or afraid
Causes
☞ Alcohol
☞ Caffeine
☞ Cancer
☞ Complex regional pain syndrome
☞ Emotional or stressful situations (anxiety)
☞ Essential hyperhidrosis
☞ Exercise
☞ Fever
☞ Infection
☞ Low blood sugar (hypoglycemia)
☞ Medications such as thyroid hormone, morphine, drugs to reduce fever, and medicines to treat mental disorders
☞ Menopause
☞ Spicy foods (known as "gustatory sweating")
☞ Warm temperatures
☞ Withdrawal from alcohol or narcotic painkillers
Home Care
➽ Drink plenty of fluids (water or better fluids containing electrolytes) to replace sweat
➽ Lower room temperature a little bit to prevent more sweating
➽ Wash your face and body if the salt from sweat has dried on your skin
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