Stop Excessive Sweating. Causes And Remedies For Excess Sweating (Hyperhidrosis)

Excessive sweating is caused by overactive sweat glands, particularly in specific regions, for example the feet, under arms, hands, back, groin and face. Unlike regular perspiration, which is used to control your body heat, in people with hyperhidrosis, the sweat glands are over active… not because of external factors such as a hot room, a hot day or exercise… but always.

If your excessive sweating does not occur at the same time as other symptoms, and is not general all-over body perspiration, it’s considered primary hyperhidrosis. If your excessive perspiration is accompanied by additional symptoms and you have non-localised sweating, then it is termed secondary hyper hidrosis which is usually the result of either drug side effects or an underlying medical condition.

No-one knows for sure what causes excessive sweating, but it’s known that there is over-stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system which results in excess sweat production from the sweat glands. The sympathetic nervous system is the part of the nervous system that isn’t under our conscious control. It is the same part of the nervous system that controls the movement of our digestive system… it operates without us doing anything to control it. It is believed that in hyperhidrosis, emotion, anxiety and stress might play active roles, but it’s largely speculation and guesswork because the cause is simply not known.

One interesting clue regarding the cause of hyper hydrosis is that it seems to have a genetic component (according to Medline) which indicates that specific genes may be involved. If hyperhidrosis is hereditary, it may mean that faulty copies of one of more genes are responsible for the condition. It will be interesting to find out more. The more we understand the roots of excessive sweating, the closer we are to a cure.

Excessive sweating treatment, assuming it’s the primary type of hyperhidrosis, are various and complicated. They range from simple use of anti-perspirants and deoderants for manageable hyper hidrosis to surgical intervention involving severing the nerve to the sweat glands, or removing the sweat glands themselves. Cheap home remedies for hyperhidrosis have been found to help many people, especially when many different remedies are used at the same time.

Before considering surgery or drugs, it is strongly advised that someone thinking they have hyperhidrosis should consider using natural treatments and remedies and, if they fail, consult a heath professional. We recommend the ebook, “Stop Sweating and Start Living” by Mike Ramsay as a great way to learn all about hyperhidrosis and what you can do to control your sweating naturally and cheaply.

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What is Axillary Hyperhidrosis?

Axillary hyperhidrosis (sometimes wrongly spelled as auxillary, axilary or axilliary hyperhydrosis) is excessive sweating of the arm pits and is also known as “excess underarm sweating”. Unlike regular underarm sweating, axillary hyperhidrosis is the production of excessive sweat, even under normal conditions (not in a hot environment or exercising heavily) and is unlikely to respond to regular anti-perspirants or deoderants. Axillary hyperhidrosis is a fairly common condition and is thought to occur in about 1% of the general population.

Often sufferers of Axillary hyperhidrosis will have excess sweating in other parts of the body as well as the axillae (armpits). The feet (plantar hyperhidrosis), hands (palmar hyperhidrosis), and face (facial hyperhidrosis), are often affected as well as the armpits, although they are not always involved. Interestingly, it is also possible to have a condition called “unilateral axillary hyperhidrosis” which is when only one armpit is affected. It is also possible to have a higher amount of sweating from one armpit than the other. 

What Causes Axillary Hyperhidrosis?

The actual root cause of axillary hyperhidrosis is unknown, but the reason for the excessive sweating is an increased level of activity of the sympathetic nervous system which activated the sweat glands more than normal, and even leads to their enlargement. So, instead of sweating only when the body needs to, people with axillary hyperhidrosis will product excess sweat in response to everyday life, even when it’s not required to cool the body. Often excessive underarm sweating starts at puberty which may indicate an involvement of hormones in the condition. There is also though to be hereditary influence, which means that in some cases the condition may be inherited from your parents, or grandparents, although this hasn’t been well documented.

What Problems Does Axillary Hyperhidrosis Cause?

In addition to the huge social issues caused by excessive underarm sweating, which can cause large emotional stress, there’s also the possibility of fungal infection because of the skin being constantly damp. People with the problem of excessive armpit sweating usually have to develop coping mechanisms such as frequent clothing changes which puts additional stress on the individual. Often excessive under arm sweating can lead to other problems such as bad odor or infection and inflammation of the sweat glands, which requires other treatment.

What Remedies Are There For Axillary Hyperhidrosis?

There are roughly three types of treatment for Axillary Hyperhidrosis.

• Surgery to remove the sweat glands from the armpits. This can have complications and a recovery time from the procedure. Less invasive surgical processes are injections of botulism toxin (botox) or anasthetic to stop the action of the sweat glands, temporarily.
• Drugs to decrease sweat production in the body. Drugs can have have unwanted side effects such as drying out areas of the body you don’t want to be dry!
• Natural hyperhidrosis treatments and remedies that are usually low cost and low risk.

Before considering any surgery or drugs, it is strongly suggested that someone thinking they have axillary hyperhidrosis consider using natural treatments and remedies and, if they fail, consult a heath professional. We recommend the ebook,”Stop Sweating and Start Living” by Mike Ramsay as an excellent way to learn all about hyperhidrosis and what you can do to control your sweating naturally and cheaply.

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What is Hyperhydrosis?

People sometimes use the term hyperhydrosis to refer to the medical health problem of excessive sweating, which is actually hyperhidrosis.

It’s easy to see where the confusion arises. Obviously, excessive sweating involves an over-production of sweat, which mainly consists of salt and water. Hence, an over-production of sweat could be considered over-production of water… hence hyper-hydro-sis… the problem of over-production of water. Although it makes logical sense, the correct medical term is hyperhidrosis and is derived from “hyper” meaning “too much” and “hidrosis” which is the Greek word for sweating. (hidrōsis, sweating, from hidroun, to sweat, from hidrōs, sweat). Someone who had hyperhidrosis would be called hyperhidrotic.

A commonly accepted definition of hyperhidrosis is, “abnormally increased perspiration, in excess of that required for regulation of body temperature”. A more detailed, medical definition, is “Excessive sweating, which may be localized or generalized, chronic or acute, and often accumulating in visible drops on the skin. Also known as ephidrosis; polyhidrosis; sudatoria”.

Of course, we all need to produce sweat at certain times to help with cooling the body… for example, after exercise, we generate sweat to help cool ourselves down. However, with hyperhidrosis, there’s an increased production of sweat beyond that required for simply cooling the body. It’s the “excessive” part of the definition that’s important. But how can you tell if you have hyperhidrosis, or just sweat a bit more than the average person? Check out the blog post “Do I have hyperhidrosis? Am I hyperhidrotic?” for the answer.

We advise that, before getting surgery or taking any medication, anyone thinking about getting treatment for uncontrollable sweating should consider natural treatments and remedies first. We recommend the ebook, “Stop Sweating and Start Living” by Mike Ramsay as a introduction to hyperhidrosis and what you can do to control your sweating naturally and cheaply.

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