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I sweat excessively, how can this be treated?
I do take care of my hygiene. I regularly shower, put deodorant on and shave/wax hair.
I always sweat when I go out and I get sweat pads on my tshirt, crotch area, lots of sweat on my forehead and it's very embarrassing because people see it and feel disgusted and it makes me smell. I can't just run home and take a shower every time it happens. What can I do to at least reduce the amount I sweat?? Can a doctor treat this?
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Some people don't mind sweat. Don't worry too much about it. Just keep yourself active and healthy.
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To back up adviceman, it could be simply excessive sweating, a condition known as Hyperhidrosis'
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In a few cases in can be a hint of an underlying medical problem, but its usually just excessive sweating.
Here's a link refering to sweating being a symptom of medical problems. Depending where you live, sweating can be more excessive. If you live in a more excessively humid area compared to dryer climates, you will naturally sweat more. If there are no underlying medical conditions found in a check up, you might plan a vacation to somewhere with little humidity, like Arizona and see if it lessens the problem. It might be a hassle to relocate but the psychological peace for the rest of your life is worth it.
I personally can't stand much humidity. I live where there is some humidity but live north so its not so hot. The highest temps I could stand at home were totally different when I stayed with a sister in Arizona, I was able to enjoy temps of 100, 110 with no problems due to lack of humidity.
As to the concern of smell, I am going way back in time to the time of Roman baths. The people back then seemed to know more about body hygeine than our society does now. We step into a shower daily, used some bath soap to wash our body and think we are clean. Then when you dry yourself off, you sometimes see dead skin pilling up on the surface of your body where you ran the towel past.
Asian countries do understand how to remove all the dead skin and sweat layered up on the body. They of all people seem to be the ones who have cleaner practices with the removal of shoes at the door to residence.
Older people tend to lose dead skin at a higher rate so I am current using the practice of really scrubbing the skin. The best product I have found is a bath washcloth or mitt made of the material Viscous. Any other will not work. I've tried them all. This will scrub all the dead skin off once you've gotton the skin real wet.
It's not obvious to the naked eye, but maybe under a microscope. We have a layer of dead skin mixed with sweat, dirt and lotions into a paste that hardens on our skin, looks like skin but it is what feeds those teeny tiny body mites that live on our bodies and feed of our dead skin. The more dead skin there is, the more mites you have with a population boom. Its not the bugs that smell but all creatures eat and poop, even something so small you can't see. However, what they pee and poop is supposedly what causes worse odor than usual for sweat. I can assure you there are sweat smells that smell like sweat but aren't offensive to the nose and others where I want to get up and re-seat myself away from the offending person, so overwhelming its threatening to give me a headache. So no, it doesn't totally get rid of the scent of sweat, however it shouldn't be as offensive. Again, I vote for you seeing a Dr. to rule out a medical condition. You can ask your Dr. what to do about excessive sweating or odor. I am sure you won't hear about the practice of cleaning off dead skin unless perhaps your Dr. is Asian.
ONe more thing I can mention is to choose carefully what you use for deodorant. Most products are sold to stop the sweating which is unnatural and can clog the pores and create cysts. My ex got a cyst under his arm and Dr. said to stop using his deodorant until it healed totally.
THen there are people like me who bend toward using as much natural products as possible. I have found that there are choices out there. They use only a mineral called potassium alum. I use Crystal deodorant stick. Here's a link on that:
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Hope this all helps you.
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It is good to check with your doctor and get a complete physical including and EKG. Some sweating can be linked to organic problems within you that your doctor can treat. Some sweating is caused by medication you may be taken so tell your doctor about all drugs you take including Over the counter drugs and not so legal drugs.
Your doctor needs a complete picture in order to find a cause. Holding back any information about your medical history and drugs taken or used in the past needs to be told to your doctor.
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