Secondary Hyperhidrosis

This form of excessive sweating occurs in a much more general fashion and is the side effect of some other condition, disease or illness.

Examples of conditions that can cause secondary hyperhidrosis include:

• Diabetes
• Cardiovascular Disease
• Hyperthyroidism
• Weight Problems
• Endocrine Disorders

Treating secondary hyperhidrosis will focus on treating the condition that is at the heart of the problem.

Primary Hyperhidrosis

As a general rule primary hyperhidrosis will cause excessive sweating from  a specific part of the body. The most commn areas to be affected include the hands, the feets, the armpits and the head.

The exact cause of primary hyperhidrosis is not yet known, but what is currently understood is that excessive sweating is related to either the sympathetic nervous system or the sweat glands. This excess sweat is being caused for one of two possible reasons

1. The nerves are sending the wrong signals to the sweat glands and asking them to produce sweat when there is no sweat required.
2. The sweat glands are malfunctioning and are not regulating the amount of sweat that is being released.

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Treatments for Hyperhidrosis

If you have been medically diagnosed with primary hyperhidrosis then there is a good chance you have tried a number of different treatments for your condition already.

The good news is that there are many options available and the one that works for you may be different to someone else with a similar problem. So it’s a good idea for you to work your way through all the natural and commercially available options before moving onto prescription drugs and antiperspirants and possibly Botox or surgery.

Treatment Options For Hyperhidrosis include:

• Natural Remedies
• Antiperspirants
• Botox For Hyperhidrosis
• Iontophoresis Hyperhidrosis Treatments
• Hyperhidrosis Surgery

As you can see the treatments for hyperhidrosis range from fairly run of the mill natural remedies, to much more drastic measures such as Botox or surgery.

The treatment options you choose will depend on the severity of your situation, how it impacts your life, and the other options that have already been exhausted in your search for a cure.

It is important for you not to give up hope – there are tend of thousands of people before you have successfully reclaimed their lives having previously suffered tremendously at the hands of hyperhidrosis.

But before looking at these possible medical problems it is important to firstly look at your lifestyle and try and determine whether there are any factors related to your lifestyle that may be playing a role.

Even in cases where a medical condition exists it is possible for you to make some small improvements to your situation by working on areas of your lifestyle that may be problematic

Diet

The first of these is your diet – if you eat a diet that is high in unhealthy foods then your body will be overloaded with toxins and it will need to get rid of these. Sweating is one method the body uses to flush these toxins.

It is also a good idea to avoid eating any foods that stimulate your body’s metabolism. A side effect of a raised metabolism will generally be an increase in sweat production to help control the core body temperature.

Foods and beverages that can raise your metabolism include:

• Tea or Coffee (caffeine)
• Energy drinks
• Chili, Curry & Spicy foods
• Guarana or any other herbal stimulants

Alcohol and Cigarettes

Both of these products are high in toxins, and much like with unhealthy foods will need to flushed from your system causing you to sweat more.

Cigarettes have a double whammy effect – they are also a stimulant so they raise your metabolic rate and further increase your body’s desire to sweat to keep itself cool.

Obesity

If you are overweight it will have an impact on how effective your body can be at keeping itself cool. You are carrying extra weight in everything you do and these means your body is working extra hard even when doing even the most simple of tasks.

So as your physical activity becomes even slightly more strenuous your body will sweat to keep your core temperature stable. Losing weight will make it much easier for your body to keep cool which leads to…

Exercise

Exercise can help control your excessive sweating in a number of ways. the first way as alluded to above is by helping you lose weight. When you are carrying less excess weight your body does not need to work so hard at simple tasks and will sweat less.

Also as you become fitter these tasks become ever easier, further reducing the need to sweat.

Sweating also helps your body flush out toxins at a more rapid pace. This means after your exercise session is over you will have far fewer toxins that need to be removed and you should sweat less as a result.

If you have all of these areas under control and you are still sweating excessively then it will be time for you to start exploring what the other causes might be.

Your first stpe will be to start testing natural remedies for you condition. These can offer you a solution to your problem that does not involve resorting to drugs or surgery, making them a much safer alternative.

So where do you start?

The first thing you need to do is start paying attention to exactly when your heavy sweating starts. You are trying to work out a pattern here – by understanding when, where and under what circumstances you start sweating, you will be one step closer to knowing what the cause of excessive sweating is for you.

Here are some questions you can ask yourself that will help narrow down you search.

• Does your sweating occur from a particular part of the body (eg the forehead, hands, feet or armpits)?

If it does than there is a chance you may be suffering from a form of hyperhidrosis. This is a medical condition that affects between 2-3% of the general population, and is the unexplained, uncontrollable excessive sweating from a particular area of the body

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• Do you find that you really start sweating heavily when you are under pressure either at work, or in your family life?

If you do then it is these emotional triggers that need to be dealt with, not just the physical effects.  Many people suffer from what is commonly know as stress sweating – an uncontrollable, excessive sweating problem that is at its worst when you are feeling under heavy pressure

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• Are you fit and healthy? Does your heavy sweating start when you do even the smallest amount of physical activity?

There are many lifestyle factors which have an effect on your body’s sweat mechanism. If you are carrying extra weight then your body’s core temperature will generally increase under very small workloads, and your body will then start sweating as it attempts to regulate this temperature.

There are many other factors related to your lifestyle that can contribute to excess sweating.

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The points above are just to get you started in trying to work out the causes of excessive sweating in your particular situation.

You may find that the answers to these questions bring you no closer to discovering a cure for your problem. If your case is severe, is causing you major embarrassment and is making your life awkward then you may need to seek the help of a medical professional.

Some forms of excessive sweating occur because of a malfunctioning of the sympathetic nervous system and in the most severe of cases surgery may be used as the treatment options likely to have the greatest success.

But before you get to this stage you want to explore all the natural remedies available to you. What works well for one person may be a complete failure for another – don’t let this put you off. Simply move on to the next treatment option with an open mind.

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Not only does the appearance of sweat rings and stains make this obvious for all to see, it can also lead to the development of a nasty odor that can further cause embarrassment.

So What Causes Excessive Underarm Sweating?

Many people wrongly believe that excessive sweating underarms is a sign of bad hygiene, especially if there is a strong associated body odor.

Unfortunately for many people it has nothing to do with hygiene – they could bathe five times a day and still there would be an over abundance of sweat.

Which means that there is some underlying condition that is causing this excessive underarm sweat to occur.

This cause could be one of many factors, or a combination of a number of the them, but at a simple level the possible causes could be broken down into three different groups.

1) Lifestyle factors

People who are overweight will be prone to excessive sweat problems. The same can be said for people who consume a diet that is high in ‘toxic’ foods – foods that are high in saturated/hydrogenated fats and foods that are highly processed, packaged foods generally).

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2) Emotional Factors

If you find that you experience excessive underarm sweat ONLY when you are in certain stressful situations, then your problem is most likely tied in with these emotional triggers.

Maybe it is is when you are on a deadline for work or you have to give presentations to other co-workers. Whatever the issue, if you can pinpoint your sweat problems to specific emotional causes then you will be in a much better position to work out how to treat your problem.

Rather than relying on medications that deal with the symptoms, a suitable treatment for your excessive underarm sweating may involve learning methods of controlling these emotional responses in such a way that your body no longer triggers the release of too much sweat.

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3) Physical Malfunctioning

The other major cause of excessive underarm sweating is a faulty system. Either your nervous system is jumping the gun and is signaling for the release of much more sweat than is required, or your sweat glands are acting up and are not regulating your release of sweat, instead leaving the flood gates open.

The treatments in this situation can range from moderate to more drastic. It is suggested that you attempt to solve your problem naturally first – there are many natural options available that can help you stop excessive underarm sweat.

Only when you have exhausted all these options should you turn to the more drastic alternatives such as Botox or surgery.

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Treatments For Excessive Underarm Sweating

The treatment options that works best will be related to the cause of your sweating. For example if your sweat is related to stress than you will be looking at such things as meditation, yoga or even natural/medical sedatives as possible options.

If your issue is your lifestyle than you would need to make changes to your diet or exercise routine first and assess the results, before looking at other options such as Botox or surgery.

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