What is Excessive Sweating?
Sudden excessive sweating is sweating that occurs suddenly, mostly in the trunk area, but can be seen throughout the body. Sweating that occurs suddenly without any external stimulus such as exertion or temperature difference can be a harbinger of many neurological or metabolic diseases.
What Causes General Body Sweating?
Diseases that cause severe pain, such as kidney stones and appendicitis; blood pressure abnormalities, internal bleeding, low blood sugar, intestinal and stomach bleeding, and some psychiatric medications can cause sudden stimulation of the adrenal glands. This condition results in general cold sweats.
Cardiovascular diseases, cancer, and excessive thyroid hormone secretion also lead to general excessive sweating. The onset and process of menopause are also characterized by sudden and excessive general sweating.
Shortness of breath due to lung problems such as asthma and bronchitis also causes sudden sweating.
Additionally; Vitamin C deficiency causes sudden general sweating in children during growth and development. Rickets also leads to sweating on the back of the head. In acrodynia (Pink Disease), swelling of the hands and feet accompanies sweating.
In infectious diseases causing high fever, such as typhoid fever and tonsillitis pneumonia, abundant and sudden sweating is necessary for the fever to subside.
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