Why do people sweat?
Sweating helps your body to a stable temperature. When your body is likely to heat up fast - such as fever, strenuous activity, stress or a warm environment - you will start sweating. This means your body through your sweat glands in your skin secretes water, which then evaporates on the skin surface. In this way the body cools back off and retains its ideal temperature.
What is hyperhidrosis on the palms?
Patients with hyperhidrosis have very sweaty palms, even if the body has no reason to cool. Although the cause of hyperhidrosis is still unclear, many experts believe that the disorder is caused by hyperactivity of the sympathetic nervous system. This connects you nervous sweat glands in your brains. Hyperhidrosis of the palms is not a painful condition, but it can be uncomfortable and annoying to perform certain everyday activities. Writing is very difficult for example if your hands sweat so that you can only with difficulty holding a pen. Even people with hyperhidrosis often embarrassed over their environment.