Causes of severe sweating of the whole body, head, hands and feet
Last reviewed: 23.04.2024
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A severe sweating represents a serious problem of the present, which not only causes pain and is associated with the disease, but rather discomfort to the person, and limits its vital activity. It is not only possible to fight this disease, but it is also necessary. In order to overcome this phenomenon, it is necessary to undergo a comprehensive examination, to find out the cause of the pathology and to eliminate it. Cosmetic products do not eliminate pathology, but only mask the symptoms. Therefore, it is better to treat the illness.
The cause of hyperhidrosis is the hyperfunction of the sweat glands, in which the sweat glands produce an excessive amount of secretion. Also, the reason may be enlarged pores, which allow a large amount of liquid to pass through the skin. Many factors can lead to a sharp increase in sweating. Among them, it is worth noting primarily the overheating of the body, since it is as a result of the separation of a large amount of fluid that the body cooling and normalizing the heat exchange take place.
Also, poisoning can become a cause, since with excess water, as well as toxins accumulated and dissolved in it, is introduced from the body. Sweating can be caused by stress, as well as a number of infectious and inflammatory diseases. Often perspiration occurs with increased physical and emotional stress, with fever, chills. Severe pain, nausea, high blood pressure, and even critical days in women are usually accompanied by increased sweating. Also, some medicines, phytopreparations, alcohol, some foods can provoke hyperproduction of sweat. Often a visit to the sauna and bath is also accompanied by excessive sweat separation.
Strong sweating of the whole body
If the entire body sweats, especially at night, a number of diseases can be suspected. This often happens at elevated temperature, fever. In this case, as a rule, the body temperature rises very much, chills appear. All this can take place against the background of the inflammatory process, infection, strong intoxication of the body. This results in a specific odor that indicates the presence of bacterial endo- or exotoxins in the blood that accompany the inflammatory process and maintain its active course. In addition, fever and excessive sweating can indicate a viral infection. Differentiate a bacterial infection from a viral infection can be an experienced physician, based on the results of the tests.
The intensity of the temperature is closely related to the intensity of the inflammatory process, and, accordingly, to the degree of sweating. Usually there is a regularity: the higher the temperature rises, the higher the sweating. It is quite simple to explain this: since then excess moisture, and accordingly, excess heat.
Thus, the body cools, which helps to lower body temperature. In addition, with excess toxins, slags come out later. The body is cleaned, recovery is much faster and more intense.
The whole body can sweat with disturbed heat exchange, with disturbed metabolism. This is especially pronounced in people with obesity, overweight. This is due to the fact that excess body weight creates an additional burden on the heart, lungs, kidneys and other systems. Also significantly increases the level of intoxication, because there is a retention of fluid and toxins, metabolites in the body.
In the event that a person's thyroid function is impaired, sweating will also occur, especially in winter. Also sweat is very intense in hyperthyroidism and at night. Usually this disease is accompanied by a lack of strength, weakness. Immunity is significantly reduced, a person loses his appetite. Increased irritability, sensitivity. Often the eyes become large, and how they bulge outward. In addition, there is a shiver in the body. Especially strongly tremble hands, chills may appear.
Strong perspiration of the whole body can indicate the development of tumors, both malignant and benign. It can also be a sign of a disorder in the lymphatic, immune system. Lymphoma and leukemia can be recognized in the presence of such attendant factors as pallor of the skin and a strong increase, and lymph node tightening.
Severe sweating in sleep
Most often it is a sign of a serious illness. In a dream, a person sweats more often if there are inflammatory and infectious processes. Also, the aggravation of many chronic diseases can be accompanied by a profuse sweating at night.
If you sweat regularly in a dream, it can be a sign of tuberculosis. The accompanying signs are a strong moist cough, accompanied by wheezing in the lungs, separation of sputum. Also, the body temperature can rise, weakness develops, loss of appetite. If you have one or more symptoms, you should contact your TB doctor. It is necessary to conduct a diagnostic examination, the earlier, the better.
Sugar and diabetes insipidus can be accompanied by excessive sweating. Sweat is released when the blood glucose level drops drastically. Also, the pallor of the skin appears, palpitation becomes faster, there is a shiver in the muscles.
Sweating in a dream can indicate the development of various neoplasms. In particular, this may be a sign of pancreatic cancer. As additional diagnostic criteria is weakness, attacks of hunger, weakness, muscle spasms and tremors.
Strong sweating of feet, feet
If feet and feet sweat, this may indicate specific diseases of the feet and feet. In particular, a fungal infection affecting the skin of the feet is similarly manifested.
Also, your legs may sweat with a lot of stress, emotional or physical exertion, neuropsychic overstrain, overwork. It can be a sign of a violation of the structural or functional disruption of the nervous system. At the same time sweating is unbalanced, most often only one half of the body sweats. Against the background of disorders of the nervous system, alopecia can occur-hair loss.
A strong sweating in the morning
If a person sweats, especially in the morning, this can be a sign of a serious illness. For an experienced diagnostician, sweating can indicate various diseases and be one of the symptoms. So, it can be a sign of renal or hepatic insufficiency, cardiovascular problems.
Sweating also increases with some infectious diseases, such as tuberculosis, typhoid fever, cholera, diphtheria. Often, increased sweating is observed against a background of increased blood pressure, metabolic disorders. Often, diabetes mellitus, phenylketonuria are accompanied by increased sweating.
Strong sweating of the head, face
The head can sweat excessively if a person experiences increased physical exertion, mental overstrain, stress. Also, head sweating can become a sign of viral diseases, throat diseases, and nasopharynx. Perspiration of the head can increase with skin diseases, increased sensitivity of the skin and impaired functional state of the sweat glands.
The person sweats if the person has a broken facial skin function, the pores are dilated. Most often, the face sweats in people with oily or sensitive skin. This has its positive effects, in particular: with the subsequent release of a large number of toxins, metabolites. As a negative point, you can consider the increased risk of fungal and bacterial infection, a tendency to inflammation, rash, acne and cupids. Sweating of the face and head increases against the background of violations of the endocrine system, immunity, with increased sensitivity of the nervous system.
Severe sweating of hands, palms
Hands and palms often sweat in the event that a person is exposed to stress, experiences severe stress, is nervous. Often this condition is observed against the background of violations of the normal functional state of the autonomic nervous system, with nerves, psychoses, in a state of affect, overexcitation.
Sweating can occur with a strong emotional impact. And a person can experience both positive and negative emotions. Some diseases of the cardiovascular system can also be accompanied by increased sweating. Hands and palms can sweat on the background of intoxication of the body, with alcohol poisoning, the taking of certain medicines.
Severe sweating under the arms
Under the arms of a man can sweat for various reasons. This may be a consequence of increased stress, changes in the functional state of the body. Also, a strong sweating in some cases can be a sign of metabolic disorders, a symptom of diseases. Many are inclined to view this problem as cosmetic and use cosmetic remedies for its elimination. Antispersperants are well proven.
But the problem is that they do not completely eliminate the problem and do not cure it, but only mask it. Therefore, the solution of this problem should be approached from a medical point of view. In order to get rid of excessive sweating, you need to see a doctor, undergo a complete examination and cure the problem. For the treatment can be used various medicines, physiotherapy procedures. Strong sweating can be treated with alternative and homeopathic remedies.
Severe sweating in old age
In the elderly, sweating is associated with various pathological conditions, pressure spikes, a violation of basic vital signs. Often there are various degenerative, inflammatory processes. Often there is intoxication, autoimmune processes, which entails excessive production of sweat and its excretion from the body. The sweat glands themselves undergo changes in the elderly, as a result of which their excessive activation, overstrain occurs.
Also, older people sweat more because they are disturbed by the activity of the nervous system, the hormonal state of the organism is disturbed. Older people are more nervous on various, even minor occasions.