Clinical Blogs — excessive sweating

Most people are familiar with the science behind fight or flight, but what happens when excessive sweating, formally known as hyperhidrosis, begins to take over your day to day life? Hyperhidrosis is a condition in which the body sweats beyond what is needed to maintain thermal regulation, often times leading to emotional and social stress. In fact, scientific data shows that hyperhidrosis is currently affecting about 3% of the North American population. For most, the causes are considered to be generalized or localized resulting from several different preexisting conditions or factors such as: heat and exercise, febrile diseases, metabolic and...