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Transpiration
and Sweating
Health
topic |
Millions of
Germans suffer from excessive
sweating – but with the right
tips you can get a grip on the
problem
Sweating is a
vital function. It is what
enables the body to regulate
its temperature balance. But
there are many people who
sweat too much, and even when
it is not particularly hot
outside and they have not been
making any physical effort at
all. Huge patches in the
armpits, and on the stomach
and back mark these people out
even when they are still a
good distance away. This can
be very mentally distressing,
because someone who sweats a
lot is not really pleasant
company. Luckily, excess
sweating can be treated quite
easily. Here are our tips:
Avoid
stimulating drinks and heavily
spiced foods
 Hot
coffee and tea stimulate the
circulation, the body
temperature rises, and
sweating starts to increase.
Strong spices such as pepper
or paprika have the same
effect. Instead, go for
lukewarm drinks and foods that
are only mildly spiced. And
don’t drink too little, on the
assumption that this might
prevent heavy sweating. The
body needs plenty of liquid in
the summer in particular, and
drinking too little incurs the
risk of a circulatory
collapse.
Drink sage
tea
Consuming sage
tea is recommended for
excessive sweat production.
Sage tea inhibits sweat
production and increases
general well-being.
Take
showers that are neither too
cold nor too hot
When it gets
really hot outside, the
immediate reaction is to take
a cold shower. The body’s
reaction to this, however, is
to increase blood circulation
in the skin, and the result of
that is increased sweat
production. Conversely, if the
shower is too hot, the body
stores the heat that is
applied to it for a certain
amount of time, and then tries
to compensate for the
excessive temperature by
sweating. This means you
should adjust the water
temperature so that it is just
slightly above normal body
temperature.
Use special
antiperspirant sprays from the
pharmacy
These sprays
contain the metal salt
aluminium chloride. This, in a
manner of speaking, narrows
the outlets from the sweat
glands, and sweat production
is perceptibly reduced. These
sprays should be applied for
about a week in the evening
before going to bed to the
parts of the body most
inclined to heavy sweating.
The treatment should
thereafter be repeated once a
week.
Wear loose
clothing made from natural
fibres
Natural fibres
such as cotton or linen absorb
sweat more quickly and easily
than many synthetic fibres.
This means that you will not
in fact be sweating less, but
because the sweat is conveyed
away from the body it can
evaporate faster. This effect
is enhanced by having good air
circulation between the
surface of the skin and the
clothing.
 Adriane Visan:
This is what the doctor
says:
Dr. med.
Adriane Visan, specialist in
dermatology, allergiology, and
dermatological laser therapy
in Kassel:
"I give
preference to aluminium
chloride preparations over
other forms of therapy for the
treatment of excessive
sweating, and in particular
those preparations which have
been on the market for
decades, have proved their
value in practice, and have
given millions of people a new
quality of life. Before making
recourse in desperation to
rigorous surgical measures,
for example, one should try
out a treatment with aluminium
chloride first."
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