Our body
perspires the whole day to regulate the body temperature. However, the
production of perspiration beyond what is necessary to cool the body
temperature is known as Hyperhidrosis.
This condition is characterized by extreme sweating. Excessive perspiration can
be more in the regions of face (Facial Blushing), feet (Plantar Hyperhidrosis),
armpits (Axillary Hyperhidrosis), and hands (Palmar Hyperhidrosis).
Approximately
6% of the total world’s population suffers from this condition. It makes
working difficult under stressful conditions. Excessive sweating may hamper
your ability to work efficiently. Under nerve-racking conditions, it worsens
causing embarrassment to the person. It may also result into unwanted smell and
staining of clothes.
The
exact cause of this condition has not been discovered yet. The nearest possible
reason as expected by the experts is genetics. It may be an over activity in
the sympathetic nervous system that causes excessive perspiration. To be
precise, the Thoracic Sympathetic Ganglion Chain runs in the chest along the
spine vertebra. It controls the eccrine and apocrine glands that are
responsible for perspiration in the entire body. The eccrine glands are mostly
concentrated in soles of the feet and the palms of the hand. The palms and the soles
are affected mostly in maximum cases. The armpits and the face are affected to
a lesser degree.
Excessive
perspiration may hamper your daily activities largely. It may result because of
stress, exercise, emotion, or may occur on impulse. People suffering from
Palmar Hyperhidrosis find it difficult to grasp objects and consider it a
social problem as well.
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