Excessive Sweating (Hyperhidrosis)

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 over-activity of the sympathetic nervous system.

The rest of this web site is dedicated to explaining hyperhidrosis (excessive sweating), the areas it occurs in, and the treatments that are available to treat it.