What your sweat says about you?

Posted on September 25, 2008 
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Sweating is the discharge of a salty liquid from the body’s sweat glands. This process is also called perspiration. Sweating is a vital function that helps the body stay cool.

How 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 actually have more sweat glands then men — men’s glands are just more active.

Because sweating is the body’s natural way of regulating temperature, people sweat moresweat 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.

If sweating is accompanied by fever, weight loss, chest pain, shortness of breath, or a rapid, pounding heartbeat, talk to a doctor.
If the sweating occurs as a result of another medical condition, it is called secondary hyperhidrosis. The sweating may be all over the body, or it may be in one area. Read more

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Posted on September 25, 2008 
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