Do I Have Anhidrosis?

Do you experience little or no perspiration?

Do you experience flushing?

Do you experience dizziness?

Do you often feel hot?

Do you experience muscle cramps or weakness?

Based on your answers, it’s unlikely that you have anhidrosis. Anhidrosis is the inability to sweat normally. When you don’t sweat, your body cannot cool itself. This can lead to overheating and in worse cases heatstroke. Anhidrosis can be hard to diagnose. Many factors can cause the condition, such as medications, skin trauma and certain diseases. The condition can be inherited or developed later in life. Treatment involves finding and addressing the underlying cause, if one can be found. Luckily, in your case, there seem to be no reason to worry.

Based on your answers, you are displaying some signs related to anhidrosis. Anhidrosis is the inability to sweat normally. Areas of the body that can sweat may try to produce more perspiration. Anhidrosis that affects a large part of your body prevents proper cooling. This means that exercise, hard physical work, and hot weather can cause heat cramps or exhaustion and in worse cases heatstroke. If you barely sweat, even when it’s hot or doing hard physical work, you need to talk to your doctor.

Unfortunately, you are displaying the symptoms typically seen among individuals who have anhidrosis. Anhidrosis is the inability to sweat normally. If you barely sweat, even during exercise or when it’s hot, you must talk to your doctor. Also, when you notice you are sweating less than usual you should reach out to your doctor. Most of often, anhidrosis can’t be prevented, but serious heat-related illnesses can. To stay safe, you should wear light clothing when it’s warm, drink plenty of water, monitor your activity level, and learn the signs of heat-related illness and how to treat them.