These comments are made for the purpose of discussion and should NOT
be used as recommendations for or against therapies or other treatments. An indi
vidual patient is always advised to consult their own physician.
[posted 08/15/1999]
Question: I have excessive perspiration and would like to know if it could be related to food or medication. It is hot here but I can be drenched within a minute or two.
Answer: No, occasionally an overactive thyroid and that is work checking. Usually related to body density/weight. Dense patients are required to sweat more per square inch due to a higher need to dissipate more energy per square inch of body skin(the volume rises as a function of a cube, the surface as the volume of a square).
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