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2. Want to sweat less? Here's what medical experts say. - AOL

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   Hyperhidrosis is the medical term for excessive sweating in the underarms, face, scalp, palms and feet, according to Johns Hopkins Medicine, which also notes that people experiencing it often ...

3. Are you sweating too much? A dermatologist says you should ...

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   The bottom line? While sweating is normal, excessive sweating may have deeper underlying causes. But there are ways to manage the condition to make sure that you can still live your best life.

4. Hyperhidrosis - Wikipedia

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   Hands, feet, armpits, groin, and the facial area are among the most active regions of perspiration due to the high number of sweat glands (eccrine glands in particular) in these areas. When excessive sweating is localized (e.g. palms, soles, face, underarms, scalp) it is referred to as primary hyperhidrosis or focal hyperhidrosis.

5. Focal hyperhidrosis - Wikipedia

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   Focal hyperhidrosis. Focal hyperhidrosis, also known as primary hyperhidrosis, is a disease characterized by an excessive sweating localized in certain body regions (particularly palms, feet and underarms). Studies suggest that this condition, affecting between 1% and 3% of the US population, seems to have a genetic predisposition in about two ...

6. Perspiration - Wikipedia

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   Perspiration, also known as sweat, is the fluid secreted by sweat glands in the skin of mammals. [1] Two types of sweat glands can be found in humans: eccrine glands and apocrine glands. [2] The eccrine sweat glands are distributed over much of the body and are responsible for secreting the watery, brackish sweat most often triggered by ...

7. Apocrine sweat gland - Wikipedia

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   An apocrine sweat gland (/ ˈæpəkrən, - ˌkraɪn, - ˌkriːn /; from Greek apo 'away' and krinein 'to separate') [5][6] is composed of a coiled secretory portion located at the junction of the dermis and subcutaneous fat, from which a straight portion inserts and secretes into the infundibular portion of the hair follicle. [7] In humans, apocrine sweat glands are found only in certain ...