Doc Advise: Excessive Sweating

I'm not a doctor, but I'll go out on a limb here and suggest that perhaps people sweat because it's hotter than H_ll here!  Who wouldn't sweat in such a furnace? If one DIDN'T sweat profusely in a non-air conditioned environment here, I think that is more abnormal than to sweat heavily.  Personally I'm a "sweater."  It only takes a few minutes of being either outside, or inside without air conditioning, to make me sweat profusely. It's like I have this sprinkler system in my body, that goes off with only slight temperature changes, and even mild exertion.  I suppose there are variations of tolerance for each individual, before their "sprinkler system" activates.  For example westerners and other foreigners, especially new ones to KSA, probably sweat alot more than locals.  I think if one is in an air conditioned environment, or the weather is cool, but they are STILL sweating excessively then it could be a medical problem, such as a fever, or thyroid problem (since the thyroid also controls body temperature).

well dont need to worry about it as its some what a natural response to sweat. and its surely not hyperidrosis as in it there is hugely excessive sweating all over body specially in palm and soles and also thyrotoxicosis has several other symptoms like anxiety, palpitation, apprehension, tremors, intolerance to heat, thin lean body with increased appetite etc still if you want consultation then endocrinologist is the man  who can carry out your T3, T4 and TSH blood level tests to rule out !

Hyperhidrosis doesn't have to be all over the body it can affect select areas. For example your back, face, underarms hands and so on. You can get it in a single area or multiple. There are various treatments ranging from prescription deoderants and over night aluminium pastes to botox and cutting the nerves causing the exessive sweating. Obviously it would depends on the amount of sweat and the need to stay dry. However expect that if you treat an area with the more extreme treatments you will sweat more elsewhere to compensate. But I am of the same opinion as Dave-KSA it's damn hot here and you have to cool yourself somehow. I would say if yu are noticing it more perhaps it is people are getting more used to cool air con and going outside is a shock to their system

in practice you will mostly find people having hyperidosis with excessive sweating in at-least two or three body areas and not just on forehead. e.g palm or soles are the characteristic typical presenting sites in it as arm pits back etc are sweaty in normal or little bulky people too.. hyperidosis with increased salivation is also commonly seen e.g in patients with motion sickness and all that.. treatment includes anticholinergic drugs, botulinum toxin injections and selective surgical sympathetectomy in severe cases. but dont worry your presentation never looks the one ! People sweat more in warm temperatures ! its NORMAL ! still fix an appointment with an endocrinologist for differential diagnosis..

btw you can call your doc to undergo the Starch-iodine test. An iodine solution is applied to the sweaty area. After it dries, starch is sprinkled on the area. The starch-iodine combination turns a dark blue color wherever there is excess sweat.

DrHassanMalik wrote:

in practice you will mostly find people having hyperidosis with excessive sweating in at-least two or three body areas and not just on forehead. e.g palm or soles are the characteristic typical presenting sites in it as arm pits back etc are sweaty in normal or little bulky people too.. hyperidosis with increased salivation is also commonly seen e.g in patients with motion sickness and all that.. treatment includes anticholinergic drugs, botulinum toxin injections and selective surgical sympathetectomy in severe cases. but dont worry your presentation never looks the one ! People sweat more in warm temperatures ! its NORMAL ! still fix an appointment with an endocrinologist for differential diagnosis..

So basically you just repeated exactly what I said

LoopyLou87 wrote:

DrHassanMalik wrote:

in practice you will mostly find people having hyperidosis with excessive sweating in at-least two or three body areas and not just on forehead. e.g palm or soles are the characteristic typical presenting sites in it as arm pits back etc are sweaty in normal or little bulky people too.. hyperidosis with increased salivation is also commonly seen e.g in patients with motion sickness and all that.. treatment includes anticholinergic drugs, botulinum toxin injections and selective surgical sympathetectomy in severe cases. but dont worry your presentation never looks the one ! People sweat more in warm temperatures ! its NORMAL ! still fix an appointment with an endocrinologist for differential diagnosis..

So basically you just repeated exactly what I said

may be. didnt know we were supposed to compare them too

Many Thanks All. Very much informative.

I'll see an Endocrinologist (who invents such difficult names )

I believe my problem in fact is this:

LoopyLou87 wrote:

I would say if yu are noticing it more perhaps it is people are getting more used to cool air con and going outside is a shock to their system

TheLegendLeads wrote:

Many Thanks All. Very much informative.

I'll see an Endocrinologist (who invents such difficult names )

I believe my problem in fact is this:

LoopyLou87 wrote:

I would say if yu are noticing it more perhaps it is people are getting more used to cool air con and going outside is a shock to their system

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if you cant find one, go to an internist.. (Atleast he sounds easy lol)

TheLegendLeads wrote:

Many Thanks All. Very much informative.

I'll see an Endocrinologist (who invents such difficult names )

I believe my problem in fact is this:

LoopyLou87 wrote:

I would say if yu are noticing it more perhaps it is people are getting more used to cool air con and going outside is a shock to their system

Hi bro,
I didn't noticed it last time we met, don't worry it's probably nothing inshallah

Abu_Adel wrote:

Hi bro,
I didn't noticed it last time we met, don't worry it's probably nothing inshallah

Coz most of the times we had been air-conditioned