It happens. Many people complain that in the cold they sweat armpits, palms and legs.
For some reason this topic is bypassed. If you find mentions, it will be some women's magazines with explanations like: "thyroid", "hormones" and so on. In fact, everything is simple and boring there. This happens, and is more common in young men.
This topic was promoted somewhere in the late thirties of the last century. The sweating appears to have been noticed by the military.
Imagine recruits shaking in front of a medical board. They are cold, they are trembling, and for some reason they are sweating. It looks strange.
The military quickly spotted such outstanding young men in the line of recruits.
For the military, this is important, because the so-called trench foot can be caused by sweating feet. It is a cold foot disease that incapacitates military personnel.
And so experiments were conducted on young people somewhere in the early fifties of the last century. They were examined up and down. It turned out that such sweating has nothing to do with the regulation of body temperature.
Events developed as follows. At first the person froze. Then he began to shiver from the cold, and his armpits, palms and legs were sweating. In fact, sweating started first, and immediately after that, the tremors were connected.
Scientists decided that it was all in the head. That is, sweating is not from temperature, but from stress. Cold is stress. The person starts to get nervous and sweats.
It happens, and it's not scary. But you can freeze in the cold.
Feet usually freeze and freeze. Therefore, you need to dress warmer and change your socks more often.
If you have to spend a lot of time outside during the cold season, then it is better to get yourself a sports set of shoes with a membrane and sports socks. They dry better.
In the cold, thermal underwear helps out, which removes moisture. Such underwear is made from synthetics or wool. Cotton shirts won't work because they absorb water and won't let it out. So you can freeze.
