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Excessive Sweating Underlying Cause
The most common cause of hyperhidrosis is emotional stress.
Additional causes of hyperhidrosis include:
- Alcoholism
- Angina:
- Causes a sudden onset of sweating
- Asthma
- Cancer
- Cardiac arrhythmias:
- Causes a sudden onset of sweating
- Congestive heart failure
- COPD
- Diabetes
- Fever:
- Causes a sudden onset of sweating
- Gout
- Leukemia
- Low blood sugar:
- Causes a sudden onset of sweating
- Menopause
- Myocardial infarction:
- Causes a sudden onset of sweating
- Pneumonia
- Tuberculosis:
- Causes night sweats
Less common causes of hyperhidrosis include:
- Anaphylaxis:
- Causes a sudden onset of sweating
- Aortic insufficiency
- Aortic stenosis
- High altitude illness
- Mitral insufficiency
- Mitral stenosis
- Pheochromocytoma:
- Causes a sudden onset of sweating
- Pulmonary embolism:
- Causes a sudden onset of sweating
- Pulmonary hypertension
- Thyrotoxicosis:
- Causes a sudden onset of sweating
Last Updated: Feb 3, 2011 References
Authors: Stephen J. Schueler, MD; John H. Beckett, MD; D. Scott Gettings, MD
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PubMed Excessive Sweating References
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- Eisenach JH, Atkinson JL, Fealey RD. Hyperhidrosis: evolving therapies for a well-established phenomenon. Mayo Clin Proc. 2005 May;80(5):657-66. [15887434]