I did finally stumble upon a site that says our underarms can sweat 9
ml per hour. What I don't know is if that is for the typical person or
one with HH, and whether that is average or maximum. I did an
experiment to figure out how much I can sweat (it's lots more!) and
wrote it up at my site http://www.geocities.com/janet_7419/


--- In sweatyfriends@yahoogroups.com, roman-recycling@u... wrote:
>
> If I remember correctly from physiology, most sweat actually leaves
the body
> as vapor, not liquid, and evaporates quickly. It is when the volume
of sweat
> is too great to evaporate right away it starts pooling as liquid.
Sorry I
> can't find a source right now.
>
> Chris
>
> ------ Original Message ------
> Received: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 05:33:04 PM EST
> From: "Janet K" <janet_7419@y...>
> To: sweatyfriends@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [sweatyfriends] Re: what is typical?
>
> > Interesting information and it challenged me to learn how much a
> > milliliter is!
> >
> > That site says we can sweat up to 50 ml per minute, which is 10
> > teaspoons. That sounds like a lot but apparently that's the
number
> > for the entire body. I'm curious what is normal for underarms
since
> > that's my primary HH area.
> >
> > I got so curious that from the hamper I pulled a blouse I managed
to
> > soak when I wore it visiting my new inlaws on Thanksgiving.
Stress
> > always does it to me! I measured the dried stain at 10 inches
across,
> > then I used a measuring spoon to apply a half teaspoon of water.
It
> > turns our that's a lot of water, it spread 3/4rds of the way out.
> > Another half teaspoon was enough to wet it as much as my underarms
> > had.
> >
> > That's only 1 teaspoon, and I don't soak my clothes than much in 1
> > minute, it might take 20 or 30 minutes when under stress. So my
> > underarms sweat much less than 50 ml per minute. I still wonder
what
> > is typical for most people from the problem areas.
>