What should I do if I sweat a lot after exercise?

I believe many people have this misunderstanding that the purpose of exercise is to sweat, and the more you sweat, the better it is for your body. In fact, this idea is completely wrong. In fact, if you exercise too much and sweat too much, it can easily lead to a decrease in your body's immunity. Today, let’s talk about the benefits of sweating during exercise and explain why excessive sweating is bad for your health. I hope this can help everyone.

Excessive sweating reduces exercise capacity

Some people believe that sweat can excrete metabolic waste from the body and has a detoxifying effect, so they think the more they sweat, the better.

Sweat actually comes from blood and contains certain blood components. When you sweat, some water evaporates, but solid substances such as protein and amino acids remain on the surface of the skin. Through the action of microorganisms on the skin surface, some substances with a sweat acid smell can be produced, so some people think that sweat is not clean.

In fact, in addition to some metabolic waste, sweat also contains many substances that are useful to the body, such as minerals, proteins, amino acids, vitamins, etc. As you lose these nutrients in sweat, they are also lost.

Therefore, we don’t need to worry too much about a small amount of sweating, but we should not take a large amount of sweating lightly.

Because excessive sweating reduces body fluids, if fluids are not replenished in time, it can lead to a decrease in blood volume, an increase in heart rate, a decrease in sweating rate, a decrease in heat dissipation ability, an increase in body temperature, and an imbalance of the body's electrolytes and acid-base balance, causing dehydration and even heat stroke in severe cases.

Dehydration affects the physiological functions of some major organs of the body, such as increased burden on the heart and damage to the kidneys.

A large loss of electrolytes such as sodium and potassium can lead to neuromuscular system disorders, causing symptoms such as muscle weakness and muscle cramps. Dehydration can also reduce athletic ability and cause fatigue.

People are often accustomed to replenishing fluids during or after exercise, but often ignore replenishing fluids before exercise. If you want to maintain the best physical condition, you should start to maintain the balance of body fluids and never get dehydrated, even slightly. Therefore, it is recommended that friends should replenish fluids before, during and after exercise according to specific circumstances to avoid harm to the body.