What are the Causes of Excessive Sweating (Hyperhidrosis)
Hyperhidrosis is a condition characterised by excessive sweating anywhere in the body.
Here are the 23 Causes
- Exercise
- Raised ambient temperature
- Anxiety
- Infections/pyrogens
- Drugs: alcohol, pilocarpines, Granulosis rubra nasi tricyclic antidepressants
- Hypoglycaemia
- Dumping syndrome
- Alcohol/drug withdrawal
- Shock/syncope
- Intense pain
- Rickets
- Infantile scurvy
- Pink disease
- Hyperthyroidism
- Hyperpituitarism
- Acromegaly
- Phaeochromocytoma
- Carcinoid
- Gout
- Organic nerve lesions, brain tumours, spinal cord injuries
- Palms/soles
- Pachydermoperiostosis
- Granulosis rubra nasi
