Disgusting Sweating Disorders: What to Do

Bromidrosis, Anhidrosis and Hyperhidrosis

In the regulation of our body's temperature, the sweat glands precede all other body organs in importance. The sweat glands are responsible for releasing perspiration when the body is hot and prevent it from overheating.  It is clear, therefore, that perspiration serves the useful and essential functions of cooling the body as well as cleansing it.

While the process of perspiration is certainly vital, there are three conditions associated with it that are rather repugnant. These conditions, sweating disorders to be precise, cause much inconvenience and embarrassment to those who have to put up with them. These three sweating disorders are bromidrosis, anhidrosis, and hyperhidrosis. With their first letters taken together, we can form a word that is apt to express our disgust for these sweating disorders.

Defined as foul-smelling perspiration, bromidrosis is often the result of bacterial infection, fermentation, or a chemical change in the perspiration after it has escaped onto the skin surface. The malodorous perspiration characteristic in bromidrosis is most obvious in areas where perspiration cannot readily evaporate, especially the armpits. The feet can also be the sources of foul-smelling perspiration if they are confined in poorly ventilated shoes for many hours of the day. Germs, certain foods, and drugs can also cause bromidrosis.

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