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Alternative Names: Perspiration Home Care: After an episode of sweating, a person should: Wash the face and body Change clothes and bed sheets Replace lost body fluids by drinking plenty of water Slighly adjust room temperature to prevent additional sweating Call your health care provider if: There is prolonged, excessive, and unexplained sweating. Sweating is accompanied or followed by chest pain or pressure. Sweating is accompanied by weight loss or most often occurs during sleep. References: Text Continues Below Sweat. Dorland's Medical Dictionary. 28th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: WB Saunders Company; 1994:1617. Drip or Dry? Dermatology Insights. 2002;3(1):12. Available online at: http://www.aad.org/NR/rdonlyres/66F5C772-07E5-4839-A8D1-868108C58F99/0/DIspring02.pdf#page=12 (accessed May 12, 2005).

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