What are Ekcrine glands?

Ekcrine glands are one of the three types of sweat glands present in the skin together with apocrine and sebaceous glands. Human skin contains between two and three million ecrin glands, mostly on the palms of the hands, feet with legs and armpits. Ecrine glands are considered a unique human structure in that they occur among other primates with only half the frequency as between humans. In animals that are not primates, they are either limited to the pillows of the legs and the edges of the lips, or are completely missing.

The evolutionary purpose of eccrin sweat glands between humans is somewhat controversial. Sweating is one of the least effective thermoregulatory mechanisms in mammals. In an extreme environment, this could even lead to severe dehydration and death. For this reason, it is assumed that some of the thermoregulations are actually a secondary purpose of sweating and that some other function, such as the removal of waste salts, is responsible for proliferation of ecrinežlase in humans.

While apocrine and sebaceous glands produce greasy secretions, waspKonvine secretions associated with body oils and odors, sweat from eccrin glands, mostly water, generally do not cause unpleasant odors. EKCRINE glands are also different in that while the sebaceous and apocrine glands are usually connected to the hair follicle, the eCcrine glands are always open on the surface of the skin.

EKCRINE glands are controlled by a sympathetic nervous system. When the nervous system detects an increase in temperature either from external heat or fever, the sweat glands are stimulated to cover the skin with a thin film of water, the evaporation of which distributes heat and cools the body. The human ecrine glands are recorded as highly adaptable to different environments that become more active in warmer climate and less active in cold areas. Emotional stressors can also stimulate Ekcrine, in which case sweating is limited mainly to the palms of the hands and feet of the foot, unlike the more global activity of the SPOJené with thermoregulation.

Sometimes, whether because of genetics or basic medical disorders, sweat glands become excessively active and sweating becomes rich to the extent that it is annoying. The possibilities of treatment - known as hyperhidrosis - range from very mild, such as prescription antiperspirants, to more invasive procedures such as Botox ™ injections. This could even include the surgical interruption of the nerve impulses that control the sweat glands.