Excessive sweating is also known as hyperhidrosis. Here unusual sweating occurs with or without a triggering factor.
- SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF EXCESSIVE SWEATING
- CAUSES OF EXCESSIVE SWEATING
- PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF EXCESSIVE SWEATING
- DIAGNOSIS OF EXCESSIVE SWEATING
- TREATMENTS FOR EXCESSIVE SWEATING
- PROGNOSIS OF EXCESSIVE SWEATING
- COMPLICATIONS OF EXCESSIVE SWEATING
- EXCESSIVE SWEATING AND AYURVEDA
- NIDANA- AYURVEDIC CAUSES OF EXCESSIVE SWEATING
- PURVAROOPAM- AYURVEDIC PREMONITORY SYMPTOMS OF EXCESSIVE SWEATING
- SAMPRAPTI – AYURVEDIC PATHOGENESIS OF EXCESSIVE SWEATING
- LAKSHANA- AYURVEDIC SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF EXCESSIVE SWEATING
- AYURVEDIC PROGNOSIS OF EXCESSIVE SWEATING
- CHIKITSA- AYURVEDIC TREATMENT FOR EXCESSIVE SWEATING
- AYURVEDIC LOCAL TREATMENT FOR EXCESSIVE SWEATING
- AYURVEDIC SAMANA TREATMENT FOR EXCESSIVE SWEATING
- AYURVEDIC SHODHANA TREATMENT FOR EXCESSIVE SWEATING
- COMMONLY USED AYURVEDIC MEDICINES FOR EXCESSIVE SWEATING
- HOME REMEDIES FOR EXCESSIVE SWEATING
- DIET AND BEHAVIOUR FOR EXCESSIVE SWEATING
- YOGA FOR EXCESSIVE SWEATING
SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF EXCESSIVE SWEATING
- Sweating without a triggering factor like hot environment, exercise etc.
- Sweating particularly occurs in hands, feet, face.
- Night sweating
- Sweating on smaller exertion
CAUSES OF EXCESSIVE SWEATING
- Fever
- Infection
- Hyperthyroidism
- Certain medications
- Neurologic disease
- Tuberculosis
- Malaria
- Adrenal tumour
- Menopause
- Leukaemia
- Hypoglycaemia
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF EXCESSIVE SWEATING
In the excessive sweating hyperfunction of sweat glands occurs due to the autonomic neuronal dysfunction.
DIAGNOSIS OF EXCESSIVE SWEATING
- Proper history taking by the physician
- Thermoregulatory sweat testing
- Laboratory investigation is done to find out the underlying medical condition
TREATMENTS FOR EXCESSIVE SWEATING
- Treatment of underlying pathology.
- Antiperspirants
- Nerve blocking medications
PROGNOSIS OF EXCESSIVE SWEATING
- Prognosis is based on the cause of the disease, duration and condition of the patient
COMPLICATIONS OF EXCESSIVE SWEATING
- Social and emotional problems
- Increased chance for skin infections
- Body odour
EXCESSIVE SWEATING AND AYURVEDA
- In Ayurveda, excessive sweating is considered as a symptom of aggravated pitta dosha.
- Atisweda (excessive sweating) is a premonitory sign of skin diseases.
NIDANA- AYURVEDIC CAUSES OF EXCESSIVE SWEATING
- Excess consumption of hot, acrid, sour food items
- Excessive physical exercise
- Exposure to the sun for a long period
- Daily intake of kulatha (dolichos biflorus)
- In summer season
- Sthoulya (obesity)
PURVAROOPAM- AYURVEDIC PREMONITORY SYMPTOMS OF EXCESSIVE SWEATING
- Unusual sweating with or without triggering factor
SAMPRAPTI – AYURVEDIC PATHOGENESIS OF EXCESSIVE SWEATING
- Due to the causative factors pitta dosha get aggravated in the whole body and atisweda (excessive sweating) manifested.
LAKSHANA- AYURVEDIC SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF EXCESSIVE SWEATING
- Excessive sweating – Atisweda
- Sweating in midnight – ardharatri
AYURVEDIC PROGNOSIS OF EXCESSIVE SWEATING
- Sadhya – curable
CHIKITSA- AYURVEDIC TREATMENT FOR EXCESSIVE SWEATING
Ayurvedic local treatment for EXCESSIVE SWEATING
- Lepa application – cools the body (chandana, ramacha)
- Application of pindataila o whole body
AYURVEDIC SAMANA TREATMENT FOR EXCESSIVE SWEATING
- Intake of ghrita preparations
- Guluchyadi kashayam
- Drakshadi hima
- Dhanyaka hima
- Avipathi churnam
- Trivrit lehyam
- Kanchanaraguggulu – thyroid problems
AYURVEDIC SHODHANA TREATMENT FOR EXCESSIVE SWEATING
- Virechana – purgation
COMMONLY USED AYURVEDIC MEDICINES FOR EXCESSIVE SWEATING
Internal administration
- Guluchyadi kashayam
- Drakshadi hima
- Dhanyaka hima
- Avipathi churnam
- Trivrit lehyam
- Sarivasavam
HOME REMEDIES FOR EXCESSIVE SWEATING
- Staying in the home during sunny days
- Body washing with water prepared by ramacha, chandana
DIET AND BEHAVIOUR FOR EXCESSIVE SWEATING
- Avoid food items which produce pitta dosha imbalance like acrid, sour foods. Because pitta imbalance aggravates the symptoms.
- Consume easily digestible food items, cow’s milk
- Avoid heavy exercises which further aggravate the conditions.
- Take proper rest.
- Drinking an adequate quantity of water
YOGA FOR EXCESSIVE SWEATING
- Nadi Shuddi Pranayam – calms the mind and gets relief from excessive sweating
The patient needs to be seated in a meditative posture with the head and spine erect, with the body relaxed. The patient has to close his one nostril (e.g. left nostril if using the right hand and vice versa) with the thumb and exhale completely through the other nostril. Again, he will have to breathe in deeply through the other nostril while the opposite nostril is still closed with the thumb.
- Sheethali pranayama – provide a cooling effect to the body