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What makes us sweat? To start-with, sweating is normal as everyone have sweat glands that secrete salty fluid. It's an important phenomena that keeps our body cool. As a matter of fact, the number of sweat glands seem to be an important deciding factor on the intensity of sweat, while each person has more than a million. It's a common assumption that men sweat more as they are often seen to be seating profusely. Shocking yet true, women have more sweat glands though the glands in men are
more virile.
When do you sweat? It's when people are hot, or
excited, nervous and anxious. Though sweating is normal, care should be taken at times. That's when, excessive sweating also comes with weight loss, fever, shortness of breath etc and might need immediate medical assistance.
Medical conditions like
Hyperthyroidism or menopause could also result in excessive sweating. If you sweat profusely, intake of liquids very often is important. It's important cause you need to replenish the fluids your body loses by way of sweating.
The other reasons could be anything including the ones mentioned below. However, it's not a problem that is not solvable. There are several steps that could control excessive sweating.
Causes of Sweating:
- caffeine
- alcohol (including withdrawal of)
- anxiety
- infection, fever
- low blood sugar
- overactive thyroids
- menopause
These are the main causes of sweating. You might be having Hyperhydrosis if none of the above given reasons suit you. Anyways, this is nothing complicated and just indicates over working sweat glands. If you consult a doctor and get diagnosed it would be more than enough.
