What is hyperhidrosis?

Also known as: excessive sweating.

Hyperhidrosis is the medical term for excessive sweating. While sweating is a necessarily bodily function to help cool your body, those with hyperhidrosis sweat much more than is needed to regulate the body’s temperature.

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Reviewed by: Jack Wolfsdorf, MD, FAAP

This page was last updated on: 1/29/2019 3:21:13 PM