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A member asked:
Is sweating psychological? why is it that if people from the west sweat in the middle east but people who are born and raised don't sweat in saudi
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Anxiety does: Anxiety or heightened emotional state makes people sweat that has to do with the release of adrenaline and other similar neurotransmitter that has peripheral vasodilation effect and an effect on the sweat gland . However , sweating has many reasons as in the case mentioned hot weather is one of them. Why people from west sweat when they go to the middle east is the question of adaptation
Answered 8/11/2013
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