Excessive sweating in women, causes and treatment at home

Excessive sweating is called the medical term - hyperhidrosis. There are several types and severity of the condition. Excessive sweating in rare cases is an independent pathology, often physiological nature.

The rest is a symptom of a particular disease. Hyperhidrosis can be cured regardless of the type and the root causes. To do this, there is a wide range of conservative and radical methods.

The causes of excessive sweating

The causes of excessive sweating in women to be distributed to the general, who at the same frequency and are found in men, and causes the characteristic exclusively for women.

Excessive sweating in women is divided into:

• idiopathic - occurring without specific reasons;
• secondary - is the cause of - or disease.

Idiopathic hyperhidrosis - local, applies to certain parts of the body; secondary same may be both local and generalized. Local hyperhidrosis causes may be stress, certain foods, coffee, chocolate, hot spices, hot dishes.

Excessive sweating in women may be a manifestation of the physiological characteristics of the organism. But in most cases, the cause of excessive sweating in women are, as a rule, certain diseases.

1. Endocrine: many hormonal disruptions that lead to an increase in the functions of endocrine organs, causes an increase in the sweat glands - developed hyperhidrosis. Such diseases include diabetes, hyperthyroidism, disorders of ovarian function.
2. Infections: all infectious diseases regardless of etiological factor (viruses, bacteria, fungi) occur with increasing temperature, and therefore, are accompanied by hyperhidrosis.
3. Permanently - for paroxysmal vegetative - vascular dystonia: vagoinsulyarnye or sympathadrenalic crises can cause excessive sweating in women.
4. Cardiac disease: many urgent conditions in the pathology of the cardio - vascular system are the cause of excessive sweating in women. Heart attacks, shock, collapse often accompanied by profuse sweating.
5. Diseases of support - motor system in which there are disturbances of metabolic processes in the cartilage and bone tissue, often the cause of excessive sweating in women.
6. Many of poisoning, infectious and toxic, accompanied by hyperhidrosis.
7. The reason for excessive sweating can also become some drugs that have a side effect of hyperhidrosis. Such drugs include insulin, morphine, promedol, aspirin, and others. Cancellation or replacement of the drug for the same can normalize the condition, but it can be done by contacting your doctor.
8. Malignant tumors: often excessive sweating is the debut of a malignant neoplasm. This occurs during the development of lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease, leukemia and other.

And finally, there are reasons that cause excessive sweating exclusively at women, because of certain physiological factors. This is due to hormonal changes that occur during life or at certain intervals it. These primarily include:

1. Pregnancy. In the first trimester, when the body is active hormonal changes, there is hyperhidrosis.
2. Menses. For many women before the onset of menses from - for sharp increase in hormones appear not only weakness, fatigue, lethargy, but also excessive sweating.
3. Climax. In the menopause there is a significant restructuring of the hormonal environment, which in addition to differences in mood, fatigue, weakness, manifested severe bouts of excessive sweating in women - tides.

Such states deliver discomfort, every woman can manifest in varying degrees, but, according to statistics, 15% women sweating highly expressed and violates common condition, affecting normal life and disability.

All these purely "female" causes of hyperhidrosis are also physiological. Each of them is accompanied by enormous hormonal changes:

1. If pregnancy occurs multiple hormonal "jumps" during the whole period; In addition, a significant increase in body weight lead to increased function of the sweat glands.
2. In the postpartum period occurs develop large amounts of prolactin during lactation, menopause when, on the contrary, reduced estrogen production and gradually fades.

After a certain time and the completion of certain processes all normal and goes without medical intervention.

Clinical manifestations

Sweating (hyperhidrosis), usually develops in limited areas of the body (sweaty feet or hands, armpits, crotch). The material is wet, cold to the touch, on the hands and feet are signs acrocyanosis (bluish tint). Often accompanied by sweating pyococcus (bacteria) and yeast (fungal) lesions of the skin.

Sweat itself has no odor, familiar to all bad spirit give the bacteria that feed on the skin and then propagated through this. This unpleasant odor, which is observed in patients, poor compliance with the rules of personal hygiene, called bromidrosis or osmidroz. An unpleasant odor may arise both due to bacterial decomposition of sweat, and because allocation of sweat substances with a pronounced odor (sulfur, ammonia, garlic, tobacco, etc.), as well as in violation of the menstrual cycle in young women, diabetes, certain dermatoses (pemphigus, vegetating syphilides). Often, these conditions require a doctor's advice and treatment.

Chromhidrosis manifested sweat staining in humans, in contact with the cobalt, copper, iron and other chemicals. People with hyperhidrosis are involved in a vicious circle - they sweat, worry about it, and because of that sweat even more.

Diseases that lead to excessive sweating

Excessive sweating occurs when:

• hyperthyroidism (increased thyroid function)
• dysfunction of the pancreas,
• kidney,
• functional disorders of the autonomic nervous system,
• neurasthenia, neuropathy,
• tuberculosis,
• neurosyphilis (syphilis step 3), AIDS, tuberculosis and other infections
• rickets (or lack of vitamin D, especially in children)
• rheumatism,
• diabetes,
• obesity
• syringomyelia,
• tonsillitis and other chronic diseases common,
• hyperplasia of the sweat glands,
• keratoderma,
• flatfoot.

Hyperhidrosis (excessive sweating) can be caused by external factors (wearing rubber airtight shoes, stockings and socks made of synthetic fibers, etc.), as well as incorrect Power.

Treatment of excessive sweating

At the conventional treatment of primary hyperhidrosis following methods are applied.

1. Tablets (anticholinergic drugs) that inhibit the activity of the sweat glands. May cause side effects (constipation, dry mouth, and so forth.) Have contraindications (glaucoma, prostatic hyperplasia and the like. D.).
2. Antiperspirant with aluminum chloride, which temporarily blocking the sweat glands, reducing perspiration. Remedy is applied to clean, dry skin before bedtime. May cause slight skin irritation when used on the face or applied immediately after shaving.
3. Injections of botulinum toxin (Botox). The region sweating make about 12-20 injections, to lock the brain of signals that it sends sweat glands. After 3-6 months of treatment should be repeated. Injections may cause side effects (redness or itching, nausea, headaches, muscle weakness).
4. Iontophoresis. In iontophoresis procedure, hands and feet immersed in the water, which is passed through a weak electric current. To the axilla is applied wet pad. Procedures designed to block the sweat glands, is painless, but can cause skin irritation and slight discomfort. Requires 2-4 sessions a week, for 20 minutes each. Further, the intervals between treatments increased to 1-4 weeks.
5. Surgical technology curettage - the removal of the sweat glands through small punctures. The procedure is performed under local anesthesia.

Primary hyperhidrosis cure dermatologist. In secondary, for a comprehensive survey and establish the root causes of excessive sweating need to see a therapist. After the diagnosis and treatment of the underlying disease accompanying symptom of excessive sweating fully extends.

Deodorants with a strong perspiration

Currently, there are the following deodorants, antiperspirants with aluminum, reducing sweating:

• Dry Dry (Dry Dry) - 20 and 30% of the concentration of aluminum;
• Anhydrol Forte - 20% (available only in Europe);
• AHC30 -30% (can be purchased through online retailers);
• Odaban (Odaban) - 20%;
• Drysol - 6,5 and 20% (can be purchased through the online store);
• Max-F - 35% (can be purchased through the online store).

Before use, consult with a specialist.

physiotherapy techniques

A good therapeutic effect is given physiotherapy. For example, water treatment and use douche and coniferous salt baths have a restorative effect and reduce the excitability of the nervous system.

Especially beneficial influence electrosleep - therapeutic method based on the impact of the low frequency pulses directly on the brain. Sessions electrosleep have a marked sedative effect, inhibit the nervous excitement and enhance the autonomic system.

Another common method - curative electrophoresis, in which the problematic zone constant electric affect in combination with drugs. Such exposure causes temporary dewatering section with sweating, and the active drug component into the skin and prevent sweat production for up to 20 days.

What to do at home?

Effective recipes of traditional medicine, relieves excessive sweating, are as follows:

1. To eliminate excessive sweating of the feet in the home use on trays broth oak bark, wiping soda solution (5 g in 250 ml of boiling water).
2. With the active perspiration on the face of the recommended washing fresh unboiled milk or strong brew black tea. After washing the face skin should dry off naturally.
3. Ekpress-based tool that allows you to reduce the release of active sweat all over the body, - the broth to mint, which can be rinsed after washing in the shower.
4. The problem with excessive sweating of the palms can be solved by wiping with lemon juice or a slice, boric alcohol.

Just to address the problems in the underarm area suitable infusion on horsetail. Means for preparing a comminuted plants and alcohol, which is taken in a proportion of 1 to 10. Tincture defended 14 days. Horsetail can be replaced with walnuts.

prevention

Excessive sweating can hide or avoided. Some prevention techniques will help in this:

1. Physical exercise. They are applicable in the case of a lack of movement. It is necessary for men with sedentary work.
2. Observance of proper nutrition. This does not mean that we need a special diet. It is desirable to reduce the number of sharp and sweet foods. Harmful products, you also need to remove from the diet.
3. Personal hygiene. This includes the application of a constant shower antiperspirant use and toilet waters, carrying clean clothes and shoes, daily change of socks, giving preference to natural materials for the manufacture of shoes.