Why are my hands wet and sweaty?

Many people in life experience sweating symptoms. Palmar sweating, also known as hyperhidrosis of the palms, is a fairly common functional focal hyperhidrosis. If your hands sweat severely, you will feel very uncomfortable and your hands will be wet all the time. Due to the particularity of the human body and differences in endocrine conditions, the causes of sweating on the palms are also different. Let's take a look at what causes wet and sweaty hands.

Why do sweaty palms happen?

Sweating palms is something that many people have experienced. What exactly is going on? Sweating palms, also known as hyperhidrosis of the palms, is a very common functional local abnormal sweating of unknown cause.

Because of racial specificity, young people growing up in subtropical areas are particularly prone to this problem. The secretion of sweat glands is controlled by the sympathetic nervous system, and hyperhidrosis of the palms 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. Surveys show that the incidence rate is about 0.3% among young people aged 10 to 30, regardless of gender, and the family history rate is as high as 13% (it is hereditary). Most people suffer from sweaty hands since childhood, and the condition becomes more serious during adolescence. Patients with hyperhidrosis of the hands are healthy and normal except for sweating of the hands. Most of them also have excessive sweating on the soles of the feet or under the armpits, and a few patients also have body odor.

Sweating in your hands is different from sweating in other parts of your body. The other parts sweat because it is hot, and the hotter it is, the more you sweat.

Sweating on the palms is related to physical fitness, endocrine system, etc. For a healthy person, the palms should be dry even if he is sweating all over. People who often sweat on their hands often have no sweat on their bodies, but their palms are full of cold sweat and feel icy. Some people's hands sweat more as winter approaches. Sweating in the palms of your hands is a sign of a weak constitution. If you are also afraid of cold and your hands and feet are cold in winter, then this is probably the case. Eat more warming and nourishing foods to regulate your body and exercise more to speed up blood circulation and promote metabolism, which should have good results.