As the weather gets hotter in the summer, the most troubling is sweat.
Excessive perspiration interferes with daily life, so it is very in terested in sweat.
Hyperhidrosis is an abnormality of the autonomic nervous system that causes excessive sweating. About 1% of healthy adults are known to have hyperhidrosis, and are aggravated by stress. It is known that 23~53% of patients with hyperhidrosis have family histoty.
Most cases of hyperhidrosis(excessive sweating) it is easy to misunderstand as osmidrosis, because it is accompanied by an axilla odor. The (offensive) smell of armpits it is an unusual smell that occurs when the sweat from the sweat glands of the apocrine is decomposed by normal bacteria into the skin.
This is more prevalent in people who are fat than people who are skinny, and before menstruation, and after menopause, they do not smell.
Management of osmidrosis
1. Keep clean through the bath.
2. Apply powder to keep armpit area dry at all times, or use tissue to dry.
3. wear underwear of natural fibers and change it often.
4. Cut hair short and use perfume or deodorant.
Hyperhidrosis symptoms
It is normal that the sweat is excreted evenly throughout the body, but excessive sweating in a specific area of the body, regardless of the season, over the required amount. And treatment is necessary if severe enough to cause discomfort in daily life.
The characteristic feature of hyperhidrosis is that the sweat is excessively secreted in the armpit from the mental tension situation, and when it wears dark colored clothes, it gives a hindrance to daily life.
Deodorant a topical antiseptic, most of them contain aluminum chloride of aluminum chlorhydroxide. It is effetive for hyperhidrosis.
Also it is available treatment for sweat by botulinum toxin treatment.
Botox is a function that blocks the nerve ending, and it suppresses the secretion of sweat.
Therefore, after botox you can feel the effect of reducing sweat, and patients who have always been wet with sweat can experience the smooth side.
It is maintained for 4~6 months after the injection therapy, so it can be progress according to the season when the temperature rises. The procedure time is about 5~10 minutes and you can progress without everyday trouble.
The hair removal laser is absorbed selectively only in the hair roots and exhibits the hair removal effect, when the hair roots are destroyed, the apocrine line which is mainly located near the hair follicles can be destroyed, which can help the osmidrosis.
In order to get the effects of the hair removal treatment, it is necessary to treat about 5times at intervals of 6~8 weeks.
How to manage healthy sweat
1. Cotton which white clothes, good for ventilation and sweat absorption
2. Drink more than 2 liters of water a day.
3. After the exercise, wash thoroughly and dry thoroughly.
4. Excessive drinking can cause sweating and should be avoided.
5. Avoid hot food or strong spices.
6. Obesity increases the secretion of sweat, so keep a moderate weight.
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