Severe Sweating (Hyperhidrosis)

The allocation of sweat is a protective function of the body, allowing you to adapt to heat from the outside, and to the internal elevated body temperature. It is very different from the concept of "intense sweating" (hyperhidrosis). Enhanced sweating is typical for increased loads, for example during physical work or sports training.

Normal sweating is a favorable physiological process. But it can also be different. With strong emotions, there is a so-called cold sweat. Excessive fat sweats are observed, in diabetics - sticky, contributing to the development of fungal diseases.

However, a phenomenon such as hyperhidrosis - excessive sweating, manifested as a result of subjective causes, is also common. The difference between them is great. The usual allocation of sweat is a way of adapting to changes in the environment, while excessive sweating interferes with normal life.

Symptoms of hyperhidrosis

Hyperhidrosis manifests itself in different ways. There are general hyperhidrosis and localized - in the area of the palms, feet or underarms. Also there is a hyperhidrosis of large folds of the body, usually it is manifested in obese people.

In hyperhidrosis, three phases of activity are distinguished:

1. An easy stage at which the raised sweating does not stir and is not visible to associates.
2. The middle, the most common stage. It is characterized by the fact that from time to time sweat drains over the face and body, the patient has wet clothes, there may be an unpleasant smell of sweat.
3. A severe stage, in which a person is always wet, has skin problems, especially with large folds. This phase of pathology is unpleasant both for the patient himself and for others.

Causes of hyperhidrosis

General hyperhidrosis causes the following reasons:

• Intoxication, when abundant perspiration contributes to the rapid removal of harmful substances from the body. Basically, seizures cause hangover syndrome - the result of alcohol addiction.
• Infectious diseases. Severe sweating is a side effect of diagnoses such as tuberculosis and AIDS.
• Endocrine diseases. Various disorders of internal secretion are manifested by hyperhidrosis. This may indicate a thyroid disorder caused by impaired pancreatic function.
• Neuroses of adolescence and menopausal women. A mild type of hyperhidrosis often accompanies a vegetative dystonia.
• Low resistance to stress.
• Parkinson's disease causes hyperhidrosis in old age.
• Sometimes it is observed with oncology.
• Genetic heredity. Often, the average form of hyperhidrosis is inherited from one of the parents.
• Exacerbation of heart diseases. With heart attacks, there is also an increase in sweating.

And also some kidney diseases, when the body gets rid of excess fluid through the pores.

Risk Area

People with endocrine diseases are most vulnerable to hyperhidrosis.

Many problems of the thyroid gland are associated with the imbalance of the vegetative-vascular system. A sharp increase in sweating always coincides with similar diseases. Therefore, a patient who complains of excessive sweating, first of all, is guided by ultrasound shchitovidki.

The increase in sweating necessarily accompanies disturbances in the pancreas. This is due to increased intake of water by diabetics and constant changes in blood composition.

Almost all who have a significant excess of body weight above the norm, sooner or later begin to suffer from hyperhidrosis - this is due to a violation of thermoregulation and metabolic malfunctions.

Sweating is a compulsory companion of lymphogranulosis. This cancer of the blood changes many of the regulating functions of the body, including sweating.

The carriers of Koch's rods (tuberculosis) suffer from hyperhidrosis at the same time.

AIDS patients are also prone to severe forms of hyperhidrosis. And because of the weakened or absent immunity, increased sweating is always accompanied by fungal and other infectious diseases.

Hyperhidrosis is curable

Personal hygiene is of great importance for a person with hyperhidrosis. The body or its sweating areas should be washed daily, using soap or gel.

Good condition of the bath with pine extract.

It is necessary to use antiperspirants, only they need to be purchased not in stores, but in pharmacies, specialized drugs with therapeutic effect are sold there.

Strongly sweaty large creases should be powdered with talcum powder or baby powder. Feet feet - daily for a month to process. For this, warm baths with a decoction of oak bark, with alum or soda are good.

For those who strongly sweat palms, it is important to systematically wipe your hands with water and lemon juice. A cream with juniper seed oil helps in this case.

If excessive sweating is observed against a background of vegetative-vascular dystonia or neuroses, it is recommended to use vegetable soothing agents - valerian and motherwort. People suffering from obesity should change their diet and agree to any kind of liposuction.

If these folk medicine do not help, modern methods of treatment are used: iontophoresis, botox injections or surgical intervention.

Iontophoresis is a physiotherapy procedure, quite expensive. You must take at least 10 baths. Botox injections are very effective, but they last only six months. The extreme case of treatment of severe forms of hyperhidrosis is a surgical operation. It consists that under the general or common narcosis do cuts in axillary hollows and cut branches of nerves. Efficiency reaches 90%, but this way of getting rid of the problem is quite dangerous.

Hyperhidrosis has different types, many causes and the same symptoms. Its mild and moderate manifestations are successfully treated with folk medicine, for advanced stages there are modern treatment options. But in most cases it is necessary to treat the cause of excessive sweating, and not its manifestations.