As with all human conditions, there is a wide range of "normal" with some people hardly sweating at all, whilst others sweat to a much larger extent.
Most normal or heavy sweating can be controlled with shop bought anti-perspirants or aluminium chloride. When the amount of sweating is excessive and cannot be controlled by these measures it is termed "hyperhidrosis".
Although some people have hyperhidrosis as a consequence of another illness, in many others it is merely due to overactive sweat glands or overactivity of the sympathetic nervous system.
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