A sudden outbreak of heavy sweating can also indicate serious medical issues, such as a heart attack. It can happen with some cancers. Just like brushing your teeth, putting on deodorant is probably part of your every day getting-ready ritual. But shopping for personal care items can leave you feeling baffled by the body care aisle.
You might see some deodorant sticks labeled as only deodorants while others are antiperspirants. The difference is really quite basic. Deodorant does just that: keeps your odor at bay. Similarly, an antiperspirant does two jobs: it keeps odors at bay, and also keeps you from perspiring — thereby avoiding wet armpits and other areas during a stressful day.
These products reduce your body odor caused by sweat and bacteria. However, recent research has shown there is no definite link between aluminum and breast cancer. Discover why your body makes sweat, why some kinds smell worse and what happens when your sweat meets bacteria.
Discover when sweat signal a serious condition that needs prompt attention. As for saunas, research is confirming some of the long-standing beliefs of Finnish people that sweating in saunas is beneficial to health. Heat-induced stress relief and possible positive effects on heart health may be the actual benefits. Similar to exercise, the activity behind the sweating not the sweating itself is what is actually making us healthy.
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Mostly water Small amounts of sodium, potassium, calcium and magnesium — electrolytes that help trigger various electrical responses in the body e. This is the reason why drinking electrolytes during and after high impact or long periods of exercise is beneficial. Small amounts of pheromones, which have little significance in humans compared to other animals, but have shown interesting function in limited research studies.
The amount you sweat depends on how many sweat glands you have. Things that can make you sweat more include: Hot weather Exercise Situations that make you nervous, angry, embarrassed, or afraid Heavy sweating may also be a symptom of menopause also called a "hot flash".
Causes may include: Alcohol Caffeine Cancer Complex regional pain syndrome Emotional or stressful situations anxiety Essential hyperhidrosis Exercise Fever Infection Low blood sugar hypoglycemia Medicines, such as thyroid hormone, morphine, drugs to reduce fever, and medicines to treat mental disorders Menopause Spicy foods known as "gustatory sweating" Warm temperatures Withdrawal from alcohol, sedatives, or narcotic painkillers. After sweating a lot, you should: Drink plenty of fluids water, or fluids containing electrolytes such as sports drinks to replace sweat.
Lower room temperature a little bit to prevent more sweating. Wash your face and body if the salt from sweat has dried on your skin. When to Contact a Medical Professional. Contact your health care provider if sweating occurs with: Chest pain Fever Rapid, pounding heartbeat Shortness of breath Weight loss These symptoms may indicate a problem, such as overactive thyroid or an infection.
Also call your provider if: You sweat a lot or sweating lasts for a long time or cannot be explained Sweating occurs with or is followed by chest pain or pressure You lose weight from sweating or often sweat during sleep. Cooling down, however, isn't as easy as this sweat just dripping off of you. Some of this sweat has to evaporate off of your skin for this process to actually work. That's because cooling your body via sweating relies on a principle of physics called "heat of vaporization.
It takes energy to evaporate sweat off of your skin, and that energy is heat. As your excess body heat is used to convert beads of sweat into vapor, you start to cool down. The other trade off here, though, is that you also lose water as you sweat — and water is critically important for just about every organ in your body. This means that when you're sweating, you also need to make sure you're drinking plenty of water so you can replace the water you lose with water you can use.
All this to say, releasing heat through beads of sweat that can easily evaporate off the skin is a very effective way of cooling your body down. By contrast, your dog releases heat by panting — which isn't nearly as effective as sweating. Whether it's your first day of work, a first date or a stressfully close sporting event , I'm sure we've all experienced the sweaty palms and underarms that come along with being stressed, scared or nervous.
What you may not realize, however, is that this "emotional sweating" isn't quite the same as cooling sweat. It happens for a different reason, and it's primarily associated with a different type of sweat gland altogether. In response to something stressful, scary, nerve-wracking or anxiety-inducing — and regardless of your body temperature — your body enters what's called the "fight-or- flight" response. Among other things, this response revs up a second type of sweat gland found on your body: apocrine sweat glands.
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