What causes sweaty palms?

Normally, we will sweat if we exercise or the weather is hot, but some people sweat a lot, especially if their palms sweat easily, it may be hyperhidrosis of hands and feet. In traditional Chinese medicine, excessive sweating of hands and feet may be caused by spleen and stomach dysfunction.

1. Normal sweating of hands and feet is a normal physiological reaction of the human body. Our focus is on excessive sweating of the hands and feet. Excessive sweating of the hands and feet, mainly manifested as excessive sweating of the palms and soles.

2. If your hands and feet sweat excessively, it is a kind of functional local abnormal sweating with unknown cause. Excessive sweating of the hands and feet is also known as "excessive sweating of the hands and feet" or "excessive sweating of the hands and feet." The secretion of sweat glands is controlled by the sympathetic nervous system, and hyperhidrosis of the hands is caused by excessive tension of the sympathetic nervous system for unknown reasons, such as tension, excitement, stress or high temperatures in summer, which causes abnormally increased sweating of the palms. It can also be due to damage to the sympathetic nerves or abnormal reactions, which increase the secretion of choline acetate, causing the eccrine sweat glands to secrete excessive sweat.

3. The pathogenesis of hyperhidrosis of the hands is currently unclear. In most cases, it is due to excessive hyperactivity of the sympathetic nerves that control sweating of the hands, which causes increased sweating of the hands. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that excessive sweating of hands and feet is caused by spleen and stomach dysfunction.

4. Hyperhidrosis patients always have excessive sweating, dampness and coldness on their palms, soles of feet and armpits, no matter whether it is scorching summer or freezing cold. Sometimes the sweat appears in beads, and it is more serious when they are nervous. I often get the paper wet when writing, the keyboard wet when typing, and I dare not shake hands with others. People with hyperhidrosis of the hands and feet may sweat profusely and their palms may sweat for no apparent reason in crowded places, when giving reports in meetings, when meeting strangers, when meeting familiar leaders, when feeling nervous and excited, when meeting the opposite sex, or when discussing sensitive topics.

5. In addition to causing many physical inconveniences to life, excessive sweating of hands and feet may seriously affect study, social interaction, and work, causing great distress. Although this is not a serious disease, excessive sweating makes patients feel helpless, anxious or panic every day, causing great inconvenience to their work, social life and life, and seriously affecting their self-confidence. The patients suffer great psychological pain, which is difficult for ordinary people to understand.

6. To cure sweaty hands and feet, you must first find out the cause and determine whether it is pathological hyperhidrosis. Pathological hyperhidrosis is caused by certain diseases. For example, patients with systemic diseases such as tuberculosis, rickets, some hyperthyroidism, diabetes and mental disorders may develop secondary hyperhidrosis of the hands. However, pathological hyperhidrosis is accompanied by other symptoms besides excessive sweating.