To control sweating, the researchers had to understand the properties of the cells that make up sweat glands and regulate their function.

The function of this type of gland and its role in the pathophysiology of hyperhidrosis is unknown, but in some patients up to 45% of the axillary sweat glands are of this type.

That doesn’t make perspiration useless. The primary function of this salty stuff, which is secreted by the 2 to 4 million sweat glands that stud our skin, is to keep the body from overheating.

Why do some people sweat more than others? Dr. Shrey Srivastava explains the role of genetics, hormones, body size, and the ...

SWEAT collected from normal male subjects carrying out work at high temperatures and humidities was analysed for chloride, lactic acid and urea. The osmotic pressure, as estimated by the freezing ...

"Most people don't realize that excessive sweating is a condition and there's treatment for it," she says. Hyperhidrosis sufferers have normal sweat glands, in terms of their size, number and ...

More specifically, “Odor is caused by the bacteria breaking down the components of sweat and producing that characteristic ...

Eccrine glands: These are located everywhere on your body and secrete a water-based, salty sweat. Their main function is to cool you. This sweat usually doesn’t smell. Apocrine glands: These are ...

The sweat arising from tatted skin was also found to be significantly saltier that normal, suggesting the tattoo ink could be disrupting the function of the sweat glands.