What causes sweaty hands and feet?

Sweating hands and feet is a relatively normal physiological reaction. Many people sweat, especially when it is very hot in summer. However, many friends have severe sweating of their hands and feet. They often sweat even when the weather is not hot. If there are things in their hands, they will get them wet. The shoes they wear also need to be changed every day. If they are not changed, they will be like shoes that have just been washed, which is very troublesome.

In winter, the temperature is relatively low. If your hands and feet sweat a lot, it will be easy for the heat in your body to dissipate quickly, which will make people feel even colder. Moreover, if your hands sweat a lot, you often dare not shake hands with others when interacting with them. This situation will also affect your life and work. So what causes sweating hands and feet? Let’s give a detailed introduction below, which will be helpful to you after washing.

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.

Experts believe that under normal circumstances, sweating is a normal physiological phenomenon that can help regulate body temperature and moisturize the skin. However, if hands sweat excessively and uncontrollably, it will affect people's normal work and life. People with sweaty palms account for a large proportion of the population, and the proportion of people whose sweating develops into "hyperhidrosis" is about 5%, which causes greater trouble. Some children have sweaty palms and have to keep wiping their hands while doing homework to avoid getting their workbooks wet. During exams, they sweat twice as fast, affecting test results. Some are even unable to hold hands with others for a long time.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that people with heavy dampness and heat are most likely to sweat on their palms, and the cause of this is related to the excessive excitability of the sympathetic nervous system. Experts also pointed out that the emergence of this symptom may be related to genetics and is a problem of human physique and has no direct impact on health. Generally speaking, people with moderate to mild excessive sweating on the palms can eat something that clears away heat and strengthens the spleen. In summer, you should eat more foods that clear away heat, relieve summer heat, and strengthen the spleen, so as to better resist dampness and heat and reduce the frequency and amount of sweating in your palms. Patients with moderate to severe palm hyperhidrosis should choose surgical treatment when treatment with methods to remove dampness and heat does not achieve good results. However, there are some contraindications to surgery, so you need to seek the advice of a doctor before choosing the surgery and proceed according to your own condition.

We all know the reasons for sweating hands and feet, so in daily life we ​​should try to keep our hands and feet dry. If conditions permit, wash your hands frequently and choose breathable shoes and socks. This will help the evaporation of sweat and effectively prevent related skin problems such as athlete's foot and dermatitis.