Excessive Facial Sweating Causes and Control
Author: Mark Montel
Sweating anywhere on the body, including the face, is a normal occurrence especially when you are performing rigorous physical activities. Athletes for instance, who play sports, are disposed to sweating profusely from head to toe during a game. This is the bodys routine response when a person takes part in physical activities. It demands the brain to cool off by sweating. But there are cases where the face sweats beyond what is considered normal. This happens even when a person is not doing anything that is physically hard. This case may be attributed to a condition called hyperhidrosis.
Excessive facial sweating or facial hyperhidrosis is a state where a person experiences too much sweating on his forehead, nose, upper lip area, and anywhere on his face. The sweat will just continue on dripping unless he constantly wipes it away. Facial blushing also comes with excessive facial sweating. It can be an embarrassing condition to the one effected since this can go beyond his control. Facial blushing and sweating are both regulated by the sympathetic nervous system. When you blush and sweat liberally, people get the impression that you are feeling uncomfortable and awkward when in fact, you are just being normal.
There are a number of reasons why excessive facial sweating happens. Your central nervous system may enter into some kind of condition that can trigger the situation. Your spinal cord and nerves may undergo some problems that can set off sweating in all areas of the body but this can also cause confined sweating in specific areas of your body. The most commonly affected areas include the hands, feet, armpits, groin area, and your face.
Mental conditions like feeling anxious and nervous can also trigger facial blushing and excessive facial sweating. This is common among teenagers, especially when they are trying to express their admiration on the opposite sex. Anxiety and nervousness are entirely mental. It is your brain that manipulates sweating, so when you feel these emotions, you cannot control the blushing and sweating. There are also other emotions that cause this condition to surface. If you are feeling extremely happy or extremely dispirited, you can sweat and blush even when you dont want to. The hypothalamus in your brain influences certain emotions together with thirst and hunger. Hypothalamus also directs the sweat glands and the nerves to work. In short, emotions, blushing and sweating are interrelated.
When you feel like your face is on fire every time you have to face somebody not close to you, then you are experiencing a symptom of facial blushing. If beads of perspiration start forming in the key areas of your face, then you are experiencing a bout of excessive facial sweating or facial hyperhidrosis. Another symptom of hyperhidrosis is when you feel overly anxious over something that is about to happen or someone you are about to meet.
There are treatments available for excessive facial sweating and each proposed cure depends upon the severity of your condition and the reasons behind it. If it is triggered by a certain emotion, then the assistance of a psychologist might be necessary. The same can be said when the condition stems from experiencing specific mental state or form. If it is purely physical reasons that trigger the condition, there are topical creams that you can apply to reduce too much facial sweating. There are also other treatments like ionthophoresis, acupuncture, bio feedback and even surgery when your case requires for it.
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I have bubbles filled with water on my arm after a long day outside…am I in danger?
During this time of year, I usually participate in sports activites. I get about 6-7 hours of exercise, outside, 5-6 days every week. During my second week of sports, I noticed I was getting an amazing amount of tiny bubbles all over my arms! This has never happened to me before.
The bubbles are, at most, 1 mm in diameter. The only appear in the area of my arm between my wrist and my elbow. They tend to stay closer to my wrist, though. When I pop these bubbles, they release a small quantity of water (which is probably just sweat, but why was there something holding the water in?). Also, I did NOT use sunscreen for that first week, and the temperature stayed between 85-95 degress Fahrenheit.
I’m relatively in shape, and don’t have excessive weight. I have no known allergies. I have no major diseases. I have no idea what could be causing it, or whether it is dangerous to me. Post any other questions you may have about my situation, and please, give me your best answer!
Thanks.
It doesn’t hurt before or after I pop them, and a few hours later it looks like my skin is just peeled. No pain at all, in case that changes anyone’s answers.
sounds like sun poisining
What’s wrong with me? I’m exhausted, heart rate jumps to 110-140, excessive sweating after little activity.
Also, short of breath with little activity and my bp goes up to 180 /100 easily and I’ve run a low fever now for 4 years on and off. I had “starburst” chest pain last february that I went to ER for, not heart attack, but no answer for the chest pain. They did put a 24 hour heart monitor on and had a 160/min heart rate after just walking. They kept asking me if I was doing strenuous exercise! I’m 46, 5’7″, weigh 185 lbs now. Quit smoking 3 years ago when I first started feeling abnormal, but I’ve gained 20 lbs and feel even worse. I’ve been on bp meds last 4 years and think this could be making me feel so bad. New problems: knife pains in right back at bottom of ribs that comes and goes. If I press on my ribs at the bottom, I have severe pain. My thigh bones hurt so bad…comes and goes. I’m tired of trying to find a doctor who believes me when I say something is wrong. They all ask me if I’m depressed or it is menopause. I refuse to stop doing all that I love to do, quilting, painting, yardwork (weed eat 1/2 mile driveway), volunteering and on and on. When it first started I was exhausted by evening. Now, by 9 am I am exhausted, have to rest and then do something else if I can, or I have to wait until tomorrow. It has become almost normal to stay calm and cool if I have an evening thing to do. There is no way if I work on some activity during the day that I can do anything that night, because I will be hurting so bad….my bones ache. I can’t wear make up, because with just walking downstairs to leave after getting ready, I will break out in a sweat and water is pouring down my face! If I sit still I don’t sweat! My mom passed away when she was 41 (diagnosed when 40) cause of death metastatic carcinoma….bones and breast. I know somethings not right but can’t find anything….any ideas of what to check for and recommend to my doctor I would GREATLY appreciate! THANK YOU
I can relate to most of your symptoms, i had a blockage in my aartery in 03 i have been ok , up till about 3 weeks ago and i started having spells like you said, i think my prob is i am not working and eating to many carbs, also doing a bunch of worring, hope you find out soon somthing, god bless
how much water should I drink while exercising?
I am wondering while running tread mill for half an hr almost 4-5days a wk, how much water I need to drink, cause of excessive sweating I usually drink 800ml of water during exercise, actually my throat gets dried so I have to drink in b/w running treadmill! I gained weight almost 12 Ibs after getting radioactive iodine ablation for graves disease (hyperthyroidism), now it seems I have started losing weight, so I need a good advise on how much do I have to drink water a day? I went upto142 Ibs but now I am 135 Ibs, my height is 5’4”. I want to achieve 128-126lbs of weight, can anyone help me?
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Excessive Swetting – Diziness – Tunnel Vision ( HELP! )?
Hey, im 15 and run track 6 days a week. Ever since i hit puberty i’d say ive been sweating way more than anyone i know during exercise. because of this i’d say im losing salt and precious minerals causing me to feel dizzy, dehydrated, tunnel vision and other bad things but im looking for a solution
Im thinking of adding Sole , Himalayan pink salt to my water to replace the minerals and sodium im losing.
Im also considering seperately not together with the salt, Shot blocks x3 sodium, theyre formulated with extra sodium for those who swet to much and as a result there performance is decreased.
Please help, i’ll never stop running, and i’d like to get some feedback from those who might be experiencing or have experienced something like this. , Thanks
Being exposed to the feared object.?
Being exposed to the feared object, or even thinking about being exposed to it causes an anxietyanxiety reaction.
•This fear or anxiety is out of proportion to (much stronger than) the real threat.
•The person may have excessive sweating, problems controlling the muscles or actions, or rapid heart rate.
The person avoids situations in which contact with the feared object or animal may occur — for example, avoiding driving through tunnels, if tunnels are the subject of the phobia. This type of avoidance can interfere with job and social functioning.
The person may feel weak or cowardly and lose self-esteem when avoiding the object of the phobia.
The goal of treatment is to help you function effectively. The success of the treatment usually depends on the severity of the phobia.
Systematic desensitization is a technique used to treat phobias. You are asked to relax, then imagine the components of the phobia, working from the least fearful to the most fearful. Gradual exposure to the real-life situation has also been used with success to help people overcome their fears.
Anti-anxiety and antidepressant medications are sometimes used to help relieve the symptoms of phobias. See: Panic disorderPanic disorder for more information about medications.
Behavioral therapies should be used together with drug therapy. These include:
•Cognitive-behavioral therapy, including learning to recognize and replace panic-causing thoughts
•Exposure
•Pleasant mental imagery
•Relaxation techniques
Behavioral treatment appears to have long-lasting benefits.
Regular exercise, adequate sleep, and regularly scheduled meals may help reduce the frequency of the attacks. Reduce or avoid the use of caffeine, some over-the-counter cold medications, and other stimulants.
Phobia clinics and group therapy are available in some areas to help people deal with common phobias, such as a fear of flying.
The goal of treatment is to help you function well during everyday life. Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) and medications are the mainstays of treatment.
Medications are an important part of treatment. Once you start taking them, do not suddenly stop without talking with your health care provider.
Medications that may be used include:
•Antidepressants called SSRIs (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors) are the most commonly used medications for panic disorder. They include fluoxetine (Prozac), sertraline (Zoloft), paroxetine (Paxil), fluvoxamine (Luvox), citalopram (Celexa), and escitalopram (Lexapro).
•Serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs) and other antidepressants.
•If SSRIs or SNRIs do not help, benzodiazepines may be used. They include alprazolam (Xanax), clonazepam (Klonopin), and lorazepam (Ativan). However, people can become dependant on or addicted to drugs in this class of medications. Ideally, these drugs should be used only on a temporary basis.
•Other antidepressants and some anti-seizure drugs may be used for severe cases.
•Monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs), such as phenelzine (Nardil), tranylcypramine (Parnate), and isocarboxazid (Marplan), are only used when the other drugs do not work. Although they can be very helpful for treating panic disorders, MAOIs have serious side effects and can interact with other drugs and foods.
Cognitive-behavioral therapies should be used together with drug therapy. Ten to 20 visits with a mental health professional should take place over a number of weeks. Common parts of this therapy include:
•Gaining understanding of and control over distorted views of life stressors, such as other people’s behavior or life events.
•Learning to recognize and replace panic-causing thoughts to decrease the sense of helplessness.
•Learning stress management and relaxation techniques to help when symptoms occur.
•Practicing systematic desensitization and exposure therapy, in which you are asked to relax, then imagine the things that cause the anxiety, working from the least fearful to the most fearful. Gradual exposure to the real-life situation also has been used with success to help people overcome their fears.
Behavioral treatment appears to have long-lasting benefits.
Regular exercise, adequate sleep, and regularly scheduled meals may help reduce the frequency of the attacks. Reduce or avoid the use of caffeine, some over-the-counter cold medicines, and other stimulants, because they may make symptoms worse.