What is Gustatory sweating ?
When you start sweating on the cheek, forehead, at the neck or the at the scalp during eating food is called gustatory sweating. Everyone will notice a bit of sweating when you eat hot or spicy food. Most commonly a person will sweat from one side of the face.
Gustatory sweating also known as frey syndrome occurs when there is stress to your nervous system at or around the the Parotid gland
Test to check if you have Gustatory Sweating
People usually tend to sweat when they eat hot and spicy food so this cannot be used instead the use of lemon or a citric fruit can be done. Ask the person to keep on chewing the food and see if the face stars to sweat.
I need you to see things my way
As stress on the nerves from a surgery or something related to that is the cause people often tend to blame their doctor or surgeons as a result.
Now you need to know that the saliva glands and the nerves work independently from the conscious mind just like your heart so you cannot control it and you cannot blame the doctor.
You are going to notice extra sweating when you eat foods which need more saliva hence the citric foods are used to test this condition.
Most of the people will learn to live by this. You can use an antiperspirant or can even go for surgery. Do consult with a few doctors before deciding what needs to be done.
