Hyperhidrosis - Johns Hopkins Medicine
Hyperhidrosis is excessive sweating, which means sweating more than normal. People with hyperhidrosis report feelings of social isolation and withdrawal from others in order to avoid touching others. This includes dating, business activities (where shaking hands is commonplace) and other activities for fear of body odor and damp clothing.
Center for Sweat Disorders - Johns Hopkins Medicine
The Johns Hopkins Center for Sweat Disorders provides a holistic approach to treating hyperhidrosis and other dysautonomia conditions through innovative genetic research and multiple treatment options for patients to restore their confidence.
Skin Sweating Disorders - Johns Hopkins Medicine
Detailed information on the most common skin sweating disorders, including prickly heat and excessive sweating.
POTS: A Little Known Cause of Extreme Fatigue
While there are many causes of fatigue, one of them is frequently missed and misdiagnosed: postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS). Physical medicine and neuromuscular specialist Tae Chung, M.D., answers questions about …
Heart Failure Symptoms - Johns Hopkins Medicine
When early symptoms occur, they can be subtle and easy to miss or ignore. Early signs of heart failure include: Shortness of breath, at first when you’re active and later even when you’re sitting or lying down. Lowered ability to exercise or be active. Confusion or forgetfulness.
Heat-Related Illnesses (Heat Cramps, Heat Exhaustion, Heat …
Heat cramps are the mildest form of heat illness and consist of painful muscle cramps and spasms that occur during or after intense exercise and sweating in high heat. What is heat exhaustion? Heat exhaustion is more severe than heat cramps and results from a loss of water and salt in the body.
Did I just have a hot flash? I'm 44! - Johns Hopkins Medicine
A: Hot flashes are the quick bursts of hot skin and often drenching sweat that last anywhere from 30 seconds to about five minutes. Your face and neck may turn red, your heart rate may increase and you will most likely break out in a sweat.
Dehydration and Heat Stroke - Johns Hopkins Medicine
Under normal conditions, we all lose body water daily through sweat, tears, breathing, urine, and stool. In a healthy person, this water is replaced by drinking fluids and eating foods that contain water. When a person becomes so sick with fever, diarrhea, or vomiting, dehydration happens.
Sports and Hydration for Athletes: Q&A with a Dietitian
Because electrolytes dissolve in water, levels can go down when the body loses water through elimination of waste (urine and stool), breath evaporation and sweating.
Hyperthyroidism - Johns Hopkins Medicine
Hyperthyroidism has several causes. These include: Graves' disease. This is an autoimmune disorder. It is the most common cause of hyperthyroidism. It happens when an antibody overstimulates the thyroid. This condition is most often found in young to middle-aged women. It also tends to run in families. Toxic nodular goiter.