Sweating

About 3% of people say that they sweat excessively. Of course, we all sweat more when we are hot or anxious but excessive sweating may be partly caused by genes. Sweating, accompanying hot flushes, is common in women at the menopause. Occasionally, excessive sweating can signify a medical problem (such as an overactive thyroid gland). Antidepressant drugs can also cause sweating especially of the head and neck.

This section offers information on antiperspirants and breast cancer, pheromones, sweaty armpits, sweaty feet, sweaty hands, as well as provides general information on sweating.

Sweating – General Information

Men are sweatier than women, even when you take body size into account. Scientists tested volunteers in a laboratory mock-up of a sweltering car. Men lost 250 g of sweat...

Antiperspirants and Breast Cancer

Rumours have been spread on the Internet that using antiperspirants in the armpit might cause breast cancer and that shaving under the arm opens up pathways for harmful chemicals. Aluminium...

Pheromones

Pheromones are body scents that we cannot smell. Everyone has over 3 million sweat glands on their skin that are able to put out pheromones. Although we are not consciously...

Sweaty Armpits

What You Can Do for Sweaty Armpits Clothing. Wear loose-fitting clothes made with natural fibres or specially formulated fabrics that absorb moisture. Consider using dress shields (sweat guards), which can...

Sweaty Feet

Because we normally wear shoes, the sweat from the foot cannot evaporate normally. This sweat rapidly becomes smelly because bacteria work on it to produce smelly fatty acids. Warm moisture...

Sweaty Hands

Sweaty hands are annoying and embarrassing, particularly if you use a computer keyboard or your sweat smudges ink and wets paper. You can disguise sweaty hands to some extent by...
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