What is the Cause of Excessive Sweating and What Can Be Done to Treat It?
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 along with other symptoms, and is not a general, all-over body perspiration, it’s considered primary hyperhidrosis. If your excessive perspiration is accompanied by additional symptoms and you have generalised 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
