Posts Tagged ‘sympathetic nerves’

Sweating is a normal and essential function of the body.  In the sweating process, moisture and fatty oils are released through the skin pores which helped to cool the body during physical exertion.  This moisture also helps to lubricate the skin in places like the underarms, upper thighs, and under the breasts, where skin rubs [...]

Excessive sweating (hyperhidrosis) affects an estimated three percent of the population, so if you are embarrassed by this condition you should know that you are not alone.  Medications and genetics can be the reason for excessive sweating but if you have ruled these out you can focus on simple behavioral changes which could help.
Stress is [...]

Excessive facial sweating creates a unique set of problems and requires a different set of treatments from excessive sweating of other parts of the body.  Facial sweating, or blushing, is usually encountered when the person is in a stressful social situation.  It manifest itself even when of the body parts do not exhibit excessive sweating [...]