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Are the glands under your arms and back different to other sweat glands, as these work for me whereas the other sweat glands dont.what could might this?

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Dr. Creighton Wright answered

Specializes in surgery

Sweat glands: Are sweat glands. Axillary is commonly active. There are lymph nodes, breast tissue, in the area of axillary.

Answered 2/3/2014

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Dr. Robert Grieco answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

Yes: Sweat glands under your arms and in you groin are a different kind of gland geared toward making you smell good :). Not so much as to cool off. The rest of your body makes a salty clear sweat for temp. Control. They are wired differently but closely related. Our genetics have a lot to do with how much, where and why we sweat.

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