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Hyperhidrosis is a medical condition in which a person exhibits excessive sweating, [1] [2] more than is required for the regulation of body temperature. [3] Although it is primarily a physical burden, hyperhidrosis can deteriorate the quality of life of the people who are affected from a psychological, emotional, and social perspective. [4]
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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]
Claus Wedekind is a Swiss biological researcher notable for his 1995 study that determined a major histocompatibility complex (MHC) dependent mate preference in humans. [1] [2] [3]
Sweating sickness, also known as the sweats, English sweating sickness, English sweat or sudor anglicus in Latin, was a mysterious and contagious disease that struck England and later continental Europe in a series of epidemics beginning in 1485.
Hematidrosis is a condition in which capillary blood vessels that feed the sweat glands rupture, causing them to exude blood, occurring under conditions of extreme physical or emotional stress. [4]
Frame for Ojibwe sweat lodge. A sweat lodge is a low profile hut, typically dome-shaped or oblong, and made with natural materials. The structure is the lodge, and the ceremony performed within the structure may be called by some cultures a purification ceremony or simply a sweat.
Diamonté Quiava Valentin Harper [3] (born July 2, 1993), [4] known professionally as Saweetie (/ s ə ˈ w iː t i /; also pronounced as simply "sweetie"), is an American rapper and singer.