Wish you could just wake up one morning, and stop sweating? I know I did, and let me tell you: this morning will not come, unless you do something about it the night before. There are many causes to excessive sweating, known as hyperhidrosis in the medical lingo. Whether the condition was inherited, or developed over the years, a successful treatment of this problem is possible.
You do not have to go through a cocaine withdrawal or nicotine overdose to experience excessive sweating, in fact an estimated 2 % of the North American population deal with this issue. However this number does not reflect the reality, because many people feel embarrassed and inadequate and never discuss the issue or seek help. Therefore they are not accounted for in the statistical compilation of hyperhidrosis. It is important to seek treatment in order to stop excessive sweating. By denying the problem, you will only waste time.
You can`t stop sweat in a snap of a finger. A proper management of the issue is necessary. When excessive sweating affects several body parts, it is known as generalized hyperhidrosis. When it is limited to one area, like hand sweating for example, it is localized hyperhidrosis. Both types are treatable, but require different approaches.
Most often excessive sweating begins during teenage years, when apocrine sweat glands start to develop. But it is not a general rule, as an increasing amount of younger children become affected by the condition. While it might be preoccupying for the parents, children are not as bothered by excessive sweating. Therefore, parents should not stress but prepare. And when their offspring becomes s young adults - show him/her the way, how to stop sweating. This condition should only be treated when it creates discomfort in life, because it is physically harmless.
For me for example, it is during senior high school that it became problematic. I remember comparing my gym uniform to my classmates and realizing I was soaked. I then became obsessed in finding ways to stop underarm sweating. As an adult, I realized it was first signs of generalized hyperhidrosis. Today, it s all behind. I’m finally free and able to do what I want to do. I changed one thing: learned successfully how to stop sweating. In consequence, my whole life has changed! I discuss that way on the first page of the site.