subject: Excessive Sweating? Most Common Causes Of Sweating And Steps To Tackle It [print this page] What makes us sweat? First and foremost thing we need to accept is that, sweating is normal and everyone has sweat glands that secrete the salty liquid, otherwise called sweat. It's a process that keeps us cool. As a matter of fact, the number of sweat glands seem to be an important deciding factor on the intensity of sweat, while each person has more than a million. Lot of people think, men sweat more as they are mostly associated with being sweaty. In reality it's vice-versa - women have more sweat glands yet man's glands are more active.
On what occasion do we sweat or sweat more? Usually people sweat when they are hot, or excited, nervous and anxious. Though sweating is a natural phenomena,
sometimes it needs attention. It's when excessive sweating is accompanied by weight loss, fever, shortness of breath etc, you would need to consult
a doctor immediately.
Excessive sweating could indicate menopause, or even hyperthyroidism. However, if you are experiencing excessive
sweating, consuming liquids often is crucial. This way you could replenish the fluids lost by way of sweating.
Other common reasons could be one of the below. However, it's not a problem that is not solvable. To take control of excessive sweating, there are many possible ways.
Sweating - Primary Causes:
- caffeine
- alcohol in all forms, including withdrawal from it
- anxiety
- infection, fever
- low blood sugar
- overactive thyroids
- menopause
The ones listed above are common reasons for sweating. Hyperhydrosis is a possibility if none of the above reasons point to you. There is nothing to worry with this, as it just means the sweat glands are hyper
active. If you consult a doctor and get diagnosed it would be more than enough.
