HYPERHIDROSIS

(INCREASED SWEATING)

infections:

brucellosis

rabies

pulmonary tuberculosis

endocrine disease:

acromegaly

thyrotoxicosis

phaeochromocytoma

drugs:

opiate and opioid analgesics

any other drug with cholinergic properties

sympathomimetics

other causes:

lymphoma

hypoglycaemia (sympathetic effect)

hypotension (sympathetic effect)

myocardial infarction

any acute febrile illness

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