What makes us sweat...?

Okay my husband sweats more than the average person as it is, but lately he has been soaking his shirts! What makes people sweat and how can it be different in one person than the other? Is there a medical term for this?
What makes us sweat...?
Sweating in excess of what is needed to regulate the body%26#039;s temperature is called %26quot;Hyperhidrosis%26quot; in the medical community. But there are 2 kinds of hyperhidrosis--primary and secondary. You want to first determine which he has because they have totally different treatment options. If he has secondary, that means he sweats excessively **as a result** of an underlying medical condition or as a side effect of medications, and you want to get to the bottom of that right away. Usually it would be an Internal medicine doctor that would provide the work-up. If he has primary HH, that means his excessive sweating is the result of having the specific medical condition, hyperhidrosis. Usually dermatologists diagnose and treat this condition. You can read all about this at the International Hyperhidrosis Society%26#039;s web site plus search their list of docs familiar with the condition. They also have a newsletter that%26#039;s really helpful (SweatSolutions.org) in keeping the latest research in front of everyone. Hope this helps!
What makes us sweat...?
maybe his pores are bigger than normal
Reply:you sweat when your body over heats and your sweat galans in your skin produce sweat to cool you off and i guess your husband heats up more than the average person
Reply:I sweat when i eat speggiti for some reason
Reply:People sweat because they need to cool themselves, and because they are anxious. He may be under some sort of pressure, and getting him to talk may help. Mitchum is a good deodorant for heavy sweaters, of which I am one.


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Reply:maybe he is overweight and unfit. some people who are overweight and unfit sweat alot and to stop it you need to lose weight and get fit.
Reply:Sweating is an excretory process and it also regulates body temperature. Persons having high BMR generates a lot of energy tending to raise the body temperature, just to compensate that, body sweats %26amp; loose heat by loosing latent heat by evaporisation of sweat.
Reply:Encyclopedia Library %26gt; Reference %26gt; Encyclopedia sweat or perspiration, fluid secreted by the sweat glands of mammalian skin and containing water, salts, and waste products of body metabolism such as urea. The dissolved solid content of sweat is only one eighth that of an equal volume of urine, the body%26#039;s main vehicle of salt excretion; however, excessive sweating may produce severe salt loss (see heat exhaustion). Human sweat glands are of two types, eccrine and apocrine. The eccrine glands, found everywhere on the body surface, are vital to the regulation of body temperature. Evaporation of the sweat secreted by the eccrines cools the body, dissipating the heat generated by metabolic processes. The release of such sweat is usually imperceptible; yet even in cool weather an individual will lose from 1 pt to 3 qt of fluid per day. Only when environmental conditions are especially hot or humid, or during periods of exercise or emotional stress, does the output of sweat exceed the rate of evaporation, so that noticeable beads of moisture appear on the skin. When such conditions are extreme, the body may lose up to 20 qt of fluid per day. Production of sweat is controlled by the temperature-regulating center of the hypothalamus. The apocrine glands, which occur only in the armpits and about the ears, nipples, navel, and anogenital region, are scent glands. They function in response to stress or sexual stimulation, playing no part in temperature regulation. The apocrines exude a sticky fluid quite different from the watery sweat of the eccrines. Apocrine fluid is rich in organic substances that are odorless when fresh but are quickly degraded by bacteria on the skin to produce characteristic odors. Copious sweating in the armpits comes not from the apocrines but from the eccrines interspersed among them.





heat exhaustion





Response of the body to excessive heat. The body temperature rises moderately and heavy perspiration persists. Heat exhaustion results from inadequate water and salt intake and can lead to dehydration and collapse. It may progress to heatstroke if not treated by lying down in a cool place and drinking fluids, preferably water with salt added.