DO YOU SWEAT ALL THE TIME?
WHAT IS HYPERHIDROSIS?
Hyperhidrosis or excessive sweating is a common disorder affecting many people. Palmar hyperhidrosis or sweaty palms is the most common form of hyperhidrosis, causing excessive sweating of the hands.
Hyperhidrosis can also cause excessive foot, underarm and facial sweating. It is thought that hyperhidrosis is a result of over activity of the sympathetic nervous system.
Sweating is often uncontrollable, embarrassing and not anticipated . Normal sweating is needed for thermal regulation however in people suffering from hyperhidrosis, sweating exceeds the bodys need for physiological thermal regulation.
CAUSES:
Hyperhidrosis is an inherited problem that has been seen in almost every ethnic group.
People don't get used to living with hyperhidrosis but they continue to suffer throughout their lives from it.
