Treatment Of Sweat In Summers
Treatment Of Sweat In Summers: As temperature is rising and summer season almost here, people often face sweating due to hot weather. If you are engage in any physical activity you might sweat and then you don’t know what to do. Sweating is healthy no doubt but not in an excess.
Lets see how to keep your body healthy while you sweat.
What Is Sweating?
Sweating is a function that helps regulate your body temperature. Also known as perspiration, sweating is the release of a salt-based fluid from your sweat glands. Human body has an average of three million sweat glands. There are two types of sweat glands: eccrine and apocrine.
Our autonomic nervous system controls the sweating function. Sweat is made mostly of water, but about 1% of sweat is a combination of salt and fat.
The most common areas of sweating on the body include: armpits, face, palms of the hands, and soles of the feet.
Causes Of Sweating
Some of the common causes are excess weight, hormonal fluctuations, anxiety disorder, depression, anger, diabetes, heart or lung disease, Parkinson’s disease, heart failure, over-the-counter medication, alcohol use, respiratory problems, hyperthyroidism, gout, injury in the spinal cord, pregnancy and menopause
Symptoms Of Sweating
A number of signs and symptoms show you are sweating and need to treat it. They are wet and moist palms and soles, visible sweating that even drenches the clothes, discoloration of the affected area, softening of the skin, foot odor and cracking and scaling of the skin.
Treatment Options
Treat your sweat as your body requirement. We are sharing different treatment options to help you have a healthy body
Home Treatment For Sweating
- Use a clinical strength anti-perspirant, anti-bacterial soap to stop sweating
- Wear several light layers of clothing that allow your skin to breathe, clothes made of natural fibers, like cotton. Avoid synthetic fabrics, like nylons and polyesters.
- Shower or bathe every day using an antibacterial soap to control the bacteria that can reside your sweaty skin and cause odors.
- Use underarm liners and shoe inserts to absorb sweat so it doesn’t ruin your clothes or start to smell
- Drink water through out the day
- Coconut Oil: Infuse about 10gms of camphor in a bowl of coconut oil and apply it on the sweat prone areas to treat the trouble naturally.
Treatment Through Diet:
Spicy foods, energy drinks and alcohol can both make you sweat, as can hot drinks like tea and coffee. Use fresh fruits and vegetables and stay away from processed fried foods.
Herbal Treatment
Witch Hazel: This herb is a great astringent and antiperspirant, which gently dries up the sweating area. Tea made up of this natural herb can also be used.
Sage Leaves: Sage tea has proven to be a great remedy to cure the troubles of excessive sweating. Brew some sage herbs in warm water and let them cool. Drink this every day as sage is rich in magnesium and Vitamin B, which reduces the activities of sweat glands. This remedy is especially meant for stopping excessive sweating in the underarms.
Homeopathic Treatment
Apart from home treatments, homeopathic remedies are equally beneficial in getting rid of excessive sweating.
Silicea: Silicea is generally used for clammy and sweaty feet.
Acidum hydrofluoricum: This homeopathic remedy is used for curing excessive sweating in the palms and is meant for those, who have a sour odour sweat.
Calcarea: Calcarea treats those patients, who suffer from excessive sweating due to obesity.
Botulinum: This homeopathic remedy cures excessive underarm sweating
Medical & Dermatological Treatments
All to be done under a doctor care
Iontophoresis: During this treatment, you sit with your hands, feet, or both in a shallow tray of water for about 20 to 30 minutes, while a low electrical current travels through the water.
Botulinum toxin: Another treatment option for sweating is injections of botulinum toxin A (Botox). Botox is FDA-approved for treating excessive sweating of the underarms, but some doctors may also use it on the palms of the hands and soles of the feet.
Anticholinergic drugs: Doctor recommends a prescription medicine such as anticholinergic drugs. Oral anticholinergic drugs stop the activation of the sweat glands, but they arenot for everyone because they can have side effects such as blurred vision, heart palpitations, and urinary problems.
Surgery: Surgery is only recommended for people with severe sweating that has not responded to other treatments. During surgery, the doctor may cut, scrape, or suction out the sweat glands.
miraDry Treatment: dermatologist are treating patients with a new procedure that minimizes excessive sweating by destroying sweat glands known as miraDry claiming to have quick and safe result.
Sweat is a great cooling system, the natural process by which your body cools itself during an intense workout or on a boiling summer day. Healthy sweating clears pores helping the skin stay blemish and pimple free. It may also reduce the risk of kidney stones.
But if you are sweating alot on a hot day or even after playing hard and you feel bad about sweat stains and sweat smell it means it’s the time to start practicing one of the treatment options shared with you.
Keep your body healthy while You Sweat!!! Stay stress free and hydrated
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