Category: Sweat

Excessive sweating is usually caused by strong emotions, such as stress, fear, pain or anxiety, but it can also be caused by the use of some medications, such as antidepressants and antipsychotics. In more serious cases, it can also indicate serious problems such as tuberculosis and even cancer. Excessive sweat production, also called hyperhidrosis, can […]

The best way to treat the smell of sweat is to use antiseptic soaps, dry your armpits well, wear cotton clothing and use antiperspirant deodorant daily. These measures help to reduce the amount of bacteria that develop in areas where you sweat the most, such as the armpits, as they are responsible for producing the […]

Some home treatments, such as witch hazel extract tea or green tea, can help eliminate armpit odor, as they have antimicrobial properties, which help eliminate bacteria or fungi, which multiply when there is excessive sweat, skin debris, mineral salts and water in the armpits, producing substances that cause the bad smell. Armpit odor can arise […]

Sweating is the medical term used to describe the production of sweat by the skin, which normally occurs when body temperature rises, helping the body to regulate it. Sweating is generally caused by hot environments, physical exercise, strong emotions or the use of some medications such as antidepressants, but it can also indicate menopause and […]

Hidradenitis suppurativa is a chronic inflammation of the skin that appears in the apocrine sweat glands, which are the glands that produce sweat, causing symptoms such as painful lumps or nodules under the skin, or abscesses that can rupture and release pus, leaving scars on the skin when disappear. Hidradenitis suppurativa, also called hidradenitis suppurativa […]

Night sweats typically occur due to anxiety, stress, hot environments or consumption of thermogenic foods, but can also indicate menopause, diabetes, hyperthyroidism or infections. Depending on the cause of night sweats, other symptoms such as weight loss, tremors in parts of the body, fever, irritability, irregular menstrual cycle and diarrhea may also be present. In […]

Sweat is the body’s attempt to regulate body temperature, not representing caloric and fat expenditure and, therefore, cannot be used as a weight loss parameter, in addition to not being an indication of whether the physical activity had an effect or not. Although it is not a parameter to indicate weight loss, sweat can be […]

Hyperhidrosis is excessive sweating that a person may experience and that appears for no apparent reason, even when it is not very hot or when one is not practicing physical activity. Excess sweat is most common in the armpits, palms of the hands and feet, but it can happen in any other part of the […]