Sweating Too Much After Exercise

It is a natural question that springs to your mind while your working out. Sweating and the ensuing smell is looked upon with great disdain in society and hence, people are always paranoid whether they are sweating too much. This drives people to ask themselves why they sweat so much.

Excessive Sweating

Sweat is what is released by the sweat glands in the skin. Why do the sweat glands release sweat? Sweat is the body's mechanism to stay cool. When the body heats up due to some intense activity, the skin needs to be cooled down. Hence, the sweat glands in the body release this liquid, which is known as sweat. Thus, we can see that the main cause of sweating in the body is due to heat. But that is the cause of just normal sweating. What about when you sweat too much after exercise? What are the causes of that?

• One of the main causes of excessive sweating is obesity. It is popularly known that obese people sweat a lot more than others. Why? People know that the fat reserve in the human body ensures that the body does not lose heat. But, the excess fat on an obese person's body gives more insulation than the body needs and instead retains a lot more heat than the body needs. Hence, an obese person's body remains warm, which makes the sweat glands release more sweat.
• Excessive sweating in known as hyperhidrosis. There are two basic types of hyperhidrosis. Primary hyperhidrosis denotes excessive sweating since adolescence. When a person passes through puberty, a lot of things in his/her body change. One of these things is the number of sweat glands. After hitting puberty, a lot of sweat glands in the body get activated. In some people a lot more sweat glands get activated. This condition is known as primary hyperhidrosis.
• There is another type of hyperhidrosis known as secondary hyperhidrosis. Secondary hyperhidrosis is the sudden activation of sweat glands when they normally don't. Secondary hyperhidrosis may occur any time in life but is more commonly seen among people in their 30s. Secondary hyperhidrosis is considered to be dangerous as it is seen as a side effect of a disease or a symptom of an impending disease. Secondary hyperhidrosis maybe a fallout of diabetes, gout, certain drugs, tumors or mercury poisoning. Secondary hyperhidrosis is also a common symptom of problems in the working of the pituitary and/or thyroid glands, with hyperthyroidism being the more common culprit. Hence, if you notice that you are suddenly sweating much more than usual, you should get a check up done as soon as possible.
• Sweating too much may also be due to some nerve disorder. Like I said before, sweating is the body's response to too much heat. So if the nerves send signals to the brain which say that the body is too warm (when it actually isn't), the brain will order the sweat glands to release sweat.
• There are other lifestyle issues associated with over-sweating, which include smoking and consuming too much caffeine.

Excessive sweating is indeed embarrassing, but if you mask it properly, you'll be just fine!