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Sweating is the release of a salty liquid from the body's sweat glands. This process is also called perspiration.
Sweating is an essential function that helps your body stay cool. Sweat is commonly found under the arms, on the feet, and on the palms of the hands.
Alternative NamesPerspiration
ConsiderationsHow much you sweat depends on how many sweat glands you have. A person is born with about two to four million sweat glands. The glands start to become fully active during puberty. Women have more sweat glands then men, but men's glands are more active.
Because sweating is the body's natural way of regulating temperature, people sweat more when it's hot outside. People also sweat more when they exercise, or in response to situations that make them nervous, angry, embarrassed, or afraid.
Excessive sweating may also be a symptom of menopause.
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Common Causes- Alcohol
- Caffeine
- Cancer
- Certain medicines, including thyroid hormone, morphine, drugs to reduce fevers, and medicines to treat mental disorders
- Emotional or stressful situations (anxiety)
- Exercise
- Fever
- Infection
- Low blood sugar
- Menopause
- Overactive thyroid gland
- Spicy foods (known as "gustatory sweating")
- Warm temperatures
- Withdrawal from alcohol or narcotic pain killers
After sweating, you should:
- Wash your face and body
- Change clothes and bed sheets
- Drink plenty of water to replace lost body fluids
- Slightly lower room temperature to prevent more sweating
Contact your health care provider if sweating is accompanied by:
- Fever
- Weight loss
- Chest pain
- Shortness of breath
- Rapid, pounding heartbeat
These symptoms may indicate a problem, such as hyperthyroidism or infection.
Also call your health care provider if:
- You sweat a lot or sweating lasts for a long time or can't be explained.
- Sweating occurs with or is followed by chest pain or pressure.
- Sweating is accompanied by weight loss or most often occurs during sleep.
Saper CB. Autonomic disorders and their management. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Cecil Medicine. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 445.
What else can I help you with?
Is sweating on a hot day an example of conduction?
No, sweating on a hot day is an example of evaporation. The sweat on your skin evaporates, taking heat with it and cooling your body down.
When to perspiration?
The process of sweating. Example: why do we have perspiration mechanism?
Can evaporation take place without the increase in temperature Give example.?
Yes. When you cool by sweating - it drops.
When a human exercises sweat often forms on the skin sweating is an example of the human bodys ability to?
recycle nutrients
Is there a real condition where aren't supposed to sweat while you sleep?
Nighttime sweating can be one sign of cancer. However, cancer is not the only cause of nocturnal sweating, and other factors are involved. For example, hormones, environmental temperature, and the ability to convect heat away from the body are 3 kinds of factors that influence sweating. Sleeping in a cooler room, or with less clothes and blankets can reduce sweating to a normal level.
Does sweating help your body remain cool and is this a example of homeostasis?
Yes, evapouration of sweat removes vast quantities of heat Yes, when the body is too hot sweating occurs to bring the temperature down again so this is homeostasis.
What does pop a molly mean?
''Pop a molly'' is a drug thats how i pretty use it as Example: Pop the drug im sweating more details for pop the drug search it on yahoo answers or more wiki answers
What are example sentences using the word profuse?
I am sweating profusely That is a profuse amount of garbage That person ate a profuse amount of food
hailey is at the beach in th ehot sun. which of the following is an example of how her body will maintain homeostaies?
sweating to decrease body temperature - apex
Is the word sweating a verb?
The word sweating is an adjective.
Is sweating a example of equilibrium?
Sweating is not an example of equilibrium; rather, it is a physiological response that helps maintain homeostasis, specifically thermoregulation. When the body temperature rises, sweat glands produce sweat, which evaporates and cools the skin. This process helps restore the body's internal temperature to a stable state, but it is an active mechanism rather than a state of equilibrium. Equilibrium refers to a balanced state where opposing forces or processes are in harmony, which is not the case during the active cooling process of sweating.
How do you stop armpit sweating?
You can't just stop sweating. It serves a major purpose in ridding the body of toxins and as a cooling effect to regulate body temperature. If you are sweating profusely under you arms or anywhere else, when doing very little in cooler weather (for example) you may have Hyperhydrosis. In extreme cases a Dr. can do a very simple procedure to sever the nerve under local anesthesia, that is in the affected area to slow down or stop the excessive sweating.
