10 Anxiety Attack Symptoms
Article Sources
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9. Excessive Sweating
People with anxiety disorders can experience excessive perspiration, especially during a severe episode of anxiety. In this condition, the body can go into “emergency mode” due to a pathologic activation of the Autonomic Nervous System (ANS).
Specifically, the activation of the sympathetic nervous system (SANS) causes an increase in the activity of sweat glands that results in excessive sweating. Additionally, the ANS shunts the majority of the blood away from the periphery towards the main organs and muscles that are key in the response to the “threat”. Thus, aside from excessive perspiration, people with these episodes can also experience cold extremities (i.e. hands and feet).
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