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  1. Don’t sweat the small stuff | NIH MedlinePlus Magazine 
    https://magazine.medlineplus.gov/article/dont-sweat-the-small-stuff
    Food Allergy Don’t sweat the small stuff Food allergy sufferer lives a cautious but normal life Anthony Terlizzi was just 16 months old when ...
  2. Cancer treatment: dealing with hot flashes and night sweats 
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/patientinstructions/000826.htm
    ... cancer treatments can cause hot flashes and night sweats. Hot flashes are when your body suddenly feels ... In some cases, hot flashes can make you sweat. Night sweats are often associated with hot flashes ...
  3. Small patch can diagnose cystic fibrosis earlier | NIH MedlinePlus Magazine 
    https://magazine.medlineplus.gov/...diagnose-cystic-fibrosis-earlier
    ... other organs. Usually, CF is diagnosed with a sweat test, which measures the amount of chloride in sweat. People with CF have high levels of chloride ...
  4. Sweating 
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/anatomyvideos/000127.htm
    A body has between two and four million sweat glands lying deep in the skin. They are ... called ducts. You perspire constantly, even without exercise. Sweat is a liquid made from 99% water and ...
  5. Iontophoresis 
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/007293.htm
    Hyperhidrosis - iontophoresis; Excessive sweating - iontophoresis ... is thought that the process somehow plugs the sweat glands and temporarily prevents you from sweating. Iontophoresis ...
  6. Sweat test (image) 
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/imagepages/1939.htm
    The sweat electrolyte test is a test that measures the level of chloride in sweat. In children, increased sodium and chloride concentrations in sweat can indicate cystic fibrosis, an inherited disease that ...
  7. Sweat test (image) 
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/imagepages/9955.htm
    The sweat electrolyte test is performed to determine the amount of chloride that is excreted in sweat from the body during a certain period of ... have increased sodium and chloride concentrations in their sweat.
  8. INTERVENTIONS FOR ADULTS – FOREST PLOTS - Social Anxiety Disorder - NCBI Bookshelf 
    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK327680
    ... up INTERVENTIONS FOR FEAR OF BLUSHING, TREMBLING OR SWEATING See Section 6.9.2 of the guideline. ... with applied relaxation for of blushing, trembling or sweating Symptoms of social anxiety disorder at post-treatment ...
  9. INTERVENTIONS FOR ADULTS - Social Anxiety Disorder - NCBI Bookshelf 
    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK327654
    ... 2. Interventions for fear of blushing, trembling or sweating One trial (MULKENS2001) compared exposure (12 participants on ... 3. Physical interventions for fear of blushing or sweating One trial (CONNOR2004) randomised participants with social anxiety ...
  10. MedlinePlus Drug Information: OnabotulinumtoxinA Injection 
    https://medlineplus.gov/druginfo/meds/a608013.html
    ... years of age and older;treat severe underarm sweating in people 18 years of age and older ... the muscle. When onabotulinumtoxinA is injected into a sweat gland, it decreases the activity of the gland ...
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Sweating (perspiration) is how your body cools itself. Too much of it is hyperhidrosis, too little is anhidrosis. Find out what is and isn't normal.

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