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  2. Hyperhidrosis - Wikipedia

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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]

  3. Dehydration - Wikipedia

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    In warm or humid weather, or during heavy exertion, water loss can increase markedly, because humans have a large and widely variable capacity for sweating. Whole-body sweat losses in men can exceed 2 L/h during competitive sport, with rates of 3–4 L/h observed during short-duration, high-intensity exercise in the heat. [39]

  4. Focal hyperhidrosis - Wikipedia

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    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 thirds of those affected.

  5. The FDA has also approved Botox to treat excessive sweating, and in the most extreme cases, there are surgical interventions like sweat gland removal. However, Skelsey warns medications that ...

  6. Excessive sweating could be sending a critical message about ...

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    We’ve all been in a sweaty situation before, whether in an intense workout, an overheated outfit, or talking to someone who makes makes us nervous.

  7. Compensatory hyperhidrosis - Wikipedia

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    The sweating is induced to reduce body heat. Excessive sweating due to nervousness, anger, previous trauma or fear is called hyperhidrosis. Compensatory hyperhidrosis is the most common side effect of endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy, a surgery to treat severe focal hyperhidrosis, often affecting just one part of the body.

  8. Perspiration - Wikipedia

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    The eccrine sweat glands are distributed over much of the body and are responsible for secreting the watery, brackish sweat most often triggered by excessive body temperature. Apocrine sweat glands are restricted to the armpits and a few other areas of the body and produce an odorless, oily, opaque secretion which then gains its characteristic ...

  9. Heat intolerance - Wikipedia

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    Sweating, which may be excessive; In patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), heat intolerance may cause a pseudoexacerbation, which is a temporary worsening of MS-related symptoms. A temporary worsening of symptoms can also happen in patients with postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) and dysautonomia. [citation needed]