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Skin layers

Perspiration

After sweating, you should:

• Wash the face and body
• Change clothes and bed sheets
• Drink plenty of water to replace lost body fluids
• Slightly lower room temperature to prevent more sweating

• You sweat alot or if sweating lasts for a long time or can't be explained.
• Sweating occurs with or is followed by chest pain or pressure.
• Sweating is accompanied by weight loss or most often occurs during sleep.

Review Date: 05/12/2005
Reviewed By: Tarun Jain, M.D., Endocrinology & Infertility Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.