13/08/2025
We’ve got our 4th very hot 🥵 heat wave here in Marple and your feet might be sweating more than usual or your feet may sweat more when exercising.
Here is some advice and information about sweaty feet also called hyperhidrosis 👣👣👣
Hyperhidrosis is sweaty feet. Most have suffered from perspiration and odour from time to time, yet for some people is a persistent problem which can be embarrassing and uncomfortable, which can affect affect day to day life.
There are more sweat glands per inch in our feet than elsewhere in her body. Their function is to keep the skin supple and moist and regulate temperature when the weather is hot, and if you have an unusually high temperature while exercising, this can make them more sweaty. There are more than 250,000 sweat glands in the feet, which makes them sweat more than other parts of the body and are controlled by hormones triggered by emotions, mental and physical.
If there is an added problem of a smell with the sweat, this is caused by bacteria on the skin breaking down the sweat.
How to treat sweaty feet
Wash your feet daily with an antibacterial soap / cleanser.
Apply cream and / or absorbent foot powder, foot deodorant spray daily on your feet and inside your footwear.
You can try detachable medicated insoles that have a deodorising effect in your shoes such as charcoal ones.
Do not wear the same footwear daily, rotate your shoes allowing them to dry out in between spraying them.
Wear leather or breathable footwear, well fitting and make sure your foot doesn't slide in your shoe.
Wear socks that can absorb moisture such as bamboo (anti-bacterial + antigungal).
Walk around in bare feet where it is safe to do so.
