What Causes Excessive Sweating?

Posted on Fri, 25 Nov 2016

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Fri, 25 Nov 2016 Answered on

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Question : Why am I sweating so bad even when it is cool. I am sweating with just a little effort and it seems to be my head more than anywhere else.

Answered by Dr. Prof. Kunal Saha (2 hours later)

Brief Answer:
No need to worry.

Detailed Answer:
Thanks for asking on HealthcareMagic.

I have carefully gone through your query. Sweating is an involuntary action mediated by the sympathetic nervous system, a part of the autonomic nervous system. Thus excessive sweating indicates autonomic overactivity.
Going through the following should help:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paroxysmal_sympathetic_hyperactivity

The condition is poorly understood and hard to relieve. However, it is not something concerning and you need not worry about it.

You might also like to go through:
http://www.holistichelp.net/dysautonomia-autonomic-nervous-system-dysfunction.html

Let me know if I could help further.

Regards

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar