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If your body starts to sweat excessively without any physical activity, you may be suffering from hyperhidrosis, or excessive sweating. In medical terms, hyperhidrosis refers to excessive production of sweat. Ordinarily occurring in adulthood, it can also affect you in your childhood or even in your infancy.

When your body sweats excessively, the parts of the body that are most affected are the underarms, hands and feet. The disease is not fatal and there is no danger to your life. However, the negative impact on your appearance, social life and relationships is severe enough to cause constant mental distress.

The intensity of excessive sweating will always differ from person to person and no two persons will have the same amount of sweating. For example, many people have sweaty palms. However, if your palm produces more than 20 milligrams of sweat per minute, then you are suffering from hyperhidrosis of some sort. While excessive sweating causes discomfort and embarrassment for the person involved, it may also cause discomfort for those who are in close proximity. No one wants to hold someone’s sweaty palm. Furthermore, it can produce odor especially in the underarm area.

Causes of excessive sweating include abnormalities in the medulla oblongata of the brain, which controls the body’s autonomic functions. Research shows that brain syndromes such as brain malformation and strokes, can all cause excessive sweating syndrome. Syringomyelia, which is a disease of the spinal chord, and spinal chord tumors, can also cause profuse sweatiing. Painful skin lesions like venous ulcers can cause the nerves to be irritated resulting in excessive sweating. Other causes include surgical damage to nerves and Ross syndrome, which is a rare disorder of thermoregulation, hormonal irregularities such as excessive activities in the thyroid or pituitary glands, and shock that causes increased release of catecholamines (hormones released by the pituitary gland in situations of stress).

Excessive Sweating has varied causes. However, one need not live with this disorder. By implementing a comprehensive program one can fight this disorder naturally and holistically.

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