What causes axillary hyperhidrosis?
As is obvious axillary hyperhidrosis is not just a sweat problem but also a medical condition. For the millions of sufferers in the US and worldwide it is also a crippling social malady that causes them to avoid social interaction and stay away from public gatherings. However there are physical side effects of axillary hyperhidrosis as well as excessive sweating can cause painful skin problems like bacteria or fungal overgrowth infections and disintegration (maceration) of the skin. Unfortunately the medical community is still not very clear about what exactly causes axillary hyperhidrosis though we do know how it is caused. In brief axillary hyperhidrosis occurs when the human body’s sympathetic nervous system which regulates sweating and sweat-related processes over-activates the sweat glands in the underarm thus causing excessive underarm sweat. Axillary hyperhidrosis is a form of primary hyperhidrosis which is a term used to describe excessive sweating not caused by another medical
