As a teenager, like most of my friends, I was often found playing sports and other games. As I played, I would obviously begin to sweat, and though I knew that sweating was natural, I began to realise that I sweated much more than other children my own age. It began with my underarms sweating excessively, and I soon noticed my face being affected the same way. I visited a doctor, asking her if the my facial sweating was connected to the sweating in my underarms and she informed me that it was in fact related. She described the condition as ‘Hyperhidrosis’, which is a disorder of one’s sweat glands or sympathetic nervous system. She ...

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