Excessive Sweating ( Hyperhidrosis): Hyperhidrosis or excessive sweating is a debilitating condition for many people. The sweating stains clothes, produces bad odour and is tremendously embarrassing at work as well as at social outings. It affects personal as well as professional life. Types: Hyperhidrosis can either be generalized, or localized to specific parts of the body. Hands, feet, armpits, and the g ...

WHAT IS SWEATING? Sweat is essential to human survival and serves as the body's coolant, protecting it from overheating. There are two to four million sweat glands distributed all over our bodies. The majority of them are "eccrine" sweat glands, which are found in large numbers on the soles of the feet, the palms, the forehead and cheeks, and in the armpits. The other type of sweat gland is called an "apocr ...