Armpit is defined as 'somewhere or something considered foul' by (Wiktionary). It's easy to reckon why if you've ever experienced having to go without showering up immediately after a bout of armpit sweating. The armpit areas have a high concentration of sweat glands and they are also regarded as a convenient and accurate location for tapping the body temperature with a thermometer.

Armpit sweat has a lot to do with their appearance and odor. We sweat for two primary purposes: that of cooling and lubricating. As armpits are endowed with hair upon puberty, it is also widely believed that there's something sexy about adult armpit sweating. Beside the normal type of sweat glands (eccrine), there's another type (apocrine) which is present in our armpit and private part areas. Odor comes from the wastes of bacteria that feed upon this sweat.

It's not only okay to sweat, we must! All those lymph nodes around the armpit areas, we all know what can happen when they overheat. Our bodies heat up when we exert ourselves physically in sports or work. Likewise when the ambient temperature rises, our bodies will react in tandem. Although sweating to cool our bodies is purposeful, it is involuntary and excessive sweating is not uncommon.

Excessive armpit sweating is a medical condition known as Axillary Hyperhidrosis. It afflicts greater than 1 % of people although the medical threat is typically mild. But as with many ailments, it will not go away on its own and will in fact worsen with time and in serious cases, life becomes a daily struggle. Far worse damage will result when it starts taking its toll on the emotion and psychology of the sufferer.

There's also undersweating of the armpits. It's medically known as Axillary Anhidrosis. Between the two ailments, this is by far more deadly. Fortunately, the deficiency is not as common as its opposite number, Excessive Armpit Sweating. Its root cause though, is also found in the Sympathetic Nervous System except that as opposed to being 'trigger happy', the disorder is in its inability to activate sweating.

Both excessive and deficient armpit sweating can be treated. Depending on the severity, Axillary Hyperhidrosis can be resolved by anything from antiperspirants to sweat gland surgery. Even natural home treatment has been found to be effective. In the case of Axillary Anhidrosis, certified medical attention must be sought without delay as the worst outcome of an attack potentially the worst outcome of all - death!