) High humidity
High humidity hampers the body’s cool-down mechanism. When the outside temperature is near the temperature of the body, the body undergoes changes to cool down, one of these changes is sweating. However, sweat only cools the body when it is able to evaporate on the skin. Humidity creates a damp environment, which prevents the sweat from evaporating and the air from absorbing the sweat. This creates a feeling of heat and stickiness. This can create fatal situations, because the body temperature increases, leading to the body working excessively to cool down, causing the body to lose many necessary chemicals and the water of the body. When the body is dehydrated, the blood thickens, placing strain on the heart, because it must add pressure to pump the blood efficiently. This would also cause the body to overheat, which can lead to heat cramps, fainting, heat exhaustion, and heat stroke. Heatstroke is known to be fatal and is considered to be the most serious form of heat injury (AchooAllergy, 2014).
ii) Excessive sweating
Sweating is an act of the body responding to the signals of the hypothalamus that found in the endocrine system. This is a sign that the body is reacting correctly to its environment, but when the body excessively perspires in a high humid environment (the effects of this are explained above) and is not achieving its goal, sweating can lead to several body issues, including the ones mentioned above. Another possibility caused by excessive sweating is the clogging of the pores, which leads to severe acne, pimples and rashes throughout the body, normally because the skin isn’t clean and toxin-free (WebMD, 2011).
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... sending signals from the brain to the other parts of the body so that the body can respond to its environment properly, but in this situation, all the systems, including the nervous system overworked to serve the requirements of the body, leading to heat exhaustion.
Sweating is caused by the need to cool down in high temperature environments or to prevent overheating. It may also be caused by stressful situations, such as the one the middle-aged woman was in (AntiPerspirantsInfo, 2013).
Flushed skin (under ingumentary system) is also connected to the circulatory system. This is because it is caused by blood rushing to the flushed areas of skin.
Heat cramps can be caused by inadequate consumption of fluids, may it be through excessive sweating or dehydration.
Heat Cramps: painful, involuntary, brief, intermittent and are usually self-limited (Wedro & Shiel, 2013).
“Sweat” is a short story written by Zora Neale Hurston. It is a story where the husband, Syke, does terrible things to Delia, the wife. Such terrible things are being abusive, and having an affair with someone else. However, this does not hurt Delia any more than it could have. Delia possesses strong characteristics. She is a hard working person, who basically earns for both of their livelihoods, and also very courageous. In order to reveal Delia’s character, Hurston adds in symbols and allusions.
“Sweat” starts with Delia Jones soaking clothes and wondering where her husband has gone. While she had been in her thoughts she is frightened by bullwhip by her husband Sykes as he knows how much she afraid of snakes. Sykes doesn’t like her working for white people and ruins her work. Delia is too furious at this and frightens her husband with a frying pan. Sykes just leaves the place and goes to her mistress. Here, Delia remembers how her husband has cheated her, how her earnings are wasted on other woman and she has
When it comes to history of hyperhidrosis, it is very important to emphasize on the pattern of sweating (location, duration, frequency, volume, symmetry, specific triggers, and nocturnal sweating). These factors are all important. Besides, age of onset, impact on quality of life, family history and secondary etiology are also necessary. The proper diagnostic and treatment procedures of primary focal hyperhidrosis requires that the disorder should be diagnosed when
tremendous amount of sweat that would run down my face while I stood out in
Scott, Cynthia C. "Zora Neale Hurston's Sweat: Character and Metaphor in the Short Story." Yahoo! Voices (2007).
Ultimately, the story “Sweat” expresses an unusual concept that helping others may not always be the best idea since there is a risk of being harmed; especially if the person is different from others. On the other hand, Webster might be hinting another theme that destiny cannot be changed through any action. This leads to believing that destiny is not something that humans can control totally; “Sweat” implies implicitly that nature controls many things such as appearances, abilities, behavior and many more. This proposition leaves most people questioning themselves again on their actions in to control their destinies.
The human body unlike other animals, is designed to function more effectively at a temperature of 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit. Anything above or below, will cause the body to lose some amount of performance. As the body attempts to regulate its core temperature, in an effort to reestablish balance, some unnecessary functions will suffer. for example, if the body temperature is too low a person my become fatigued more easily and suffer a loss in energy.
Burnout occurs when a person does not have effective coping skills to deal with the demands of the work they are performing; it is also said to be chronic stress caused by the high demands of a job. Burnout has three dimensions that make it up, emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and reduced personal accomplishment (Vargus, 2014). Some causes include long hours, not having enough or the proper equipment, having inadequate staffing and caring for demand...
sweat helps with the dispersion of heat through the skin.(sport nutrition guide book p.118) During exercise water absorbs heat from all the muscles in, disperses it through sweat, and regulates body temperature, in turn cooling you down. Water in saliva helps break down food which makes it easier on your stomach.
The body works in amazing ways like a fine tuned machine. All organ systems within the body depend on one another for survival in some way or form at all times. Cherif et al., (2010) state, the body depends on the precise action of each organ to maintain physical, mental, and emotional health of a human being. Also, homeostasis, the regulatory of body temperature plays a survival role in maintaining body functions. The integumentary system (skin) is the largest, and the most important part of the body. The skin is just one of the organ systems that will be discussed (Thibodeau & Patton, 2008). The body is expected to perform specific duties at specific times the organ systems as a whole, the most important organ system the integumentary system, and homeostasis, are what enables the body to perform on demand.
5: to break down in vital energy, stamina, or self-control through exhaustion or disease; especially: to fall helpless or unconscious
Perspiration is another term for sweat. But if you want to be more technical perspiration is defined as “The fluid, consisting of water with small amounts of urea and salts that is excreted through the pores of the skin by the sweat glands.” (Perspiration. (n.d.). Retrieved November 12, 2015, from The Free Dictionary) the cause of perspiring could be for multiple reason, whether it is hot outside, you have been exercising but, also can be when you are anxious or afraid. So when you’re sitting down, watching a thriller film and you feel yourself perspiring, this is due to your glands secreting fluid due to the fact that you may be under stress, anxiety, and or fear. “Perspiration or sweat is controlled by your sympathetic nervous system. Sweat glands are long, coiled tubes that are found in your in the skin. There are several sweat glands that are located in various parts of the body. The apocrine gland is a type of sweat gland that produces sweat that has protein and carbohydrates, which is why you get that yellow stain on the armpit of your shirts. It also has a more thick and milky consistency, which can smell because of the bacteria (healthy bacteria) that live on your skin. Apocrine sweat is produced by adrenaline, which is controlled by your adrenal medulla. So when you start to work out these are usually the areas that start sweating, as your body needs adrenaline to work hard. In the woolly mammoth days,
At the hypothalamus’s signal, one of two types of sweat glands, the eccrine glands, get to work. These sweat glands produce odorless perspiration, a mixture of water, salt and small amounts of other electrolytes, directly onto the skin’s surface. This second type of sweat gland is found predominantly in hair-covered areas, like the scalp, armpits and groin. These
Thank those hormones. Night sweats are related to the daytime hot flashes that most women experience before and during menopause. Although hot flashes may occur with sweating or without, night sweats are characterized less by the flushed feeling of the hot flash and more by the fact that you and anyone else in your bed is
Pain: stress can cause pain because the body stimulates the muscles while fighting the stressor. Stress also causes migraines which can last for several days.